• Bondroit, 1918: 134 (q.m.)
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
• Subspecies of Temnothorax rottenbergii: Krausse, 1912c: 162; Emery, 1914c: 157; Emery, 1916a: 173; Emery, 1924f: 252; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 123.
• Status as species: Bondroit, 1918: 134; Bolton, 1995b: 244; Poldi et al., 1995: 5; Bolton, 2003: 271; Borowiec, 2014: 188; Lebas et al., 2016: 372.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax rottenbergi sardoa
• Temnothorax rottenbergii sardous

Citations

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1971c. Catalogo delle specie di Formicidae d'Italia (Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia X). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 50:5-287. PDF
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• Bondroit, J. 1918. Les fourmis de France et de Belgique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 87:1-174. PDF
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• Santschi, F. 1909c. Leptothorax rottenbergi et espèces voisines. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 17:459-482. PDF