Leptothorax nitens var. mariposa Wheeler, 1917a: 507 (w.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (numbers not stated, “several”). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Yosemite Valley, Tenaya Canyon, 1915 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC. Type notes: Ward, 2005: 17, and Snelling et al., 2014: 56, cite 9 worker syntypes in LACM, MCZC.