• Lectotype designation: Francoeur et al., 1985: 381.
• Smith, 1956c: 274 (q.em.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1989a: 321 (l.)
• Combination in Formicoxenus: Buschinger, 1979a: 61
• Status as species: Creighton, 1950a: 278; Smith, 1951c: 821; Smith, 1956c: 271; Smith, 1958c: 133; Yensen et al., 1977: 183; Smith, 1979: 1396; Buschinger, 1981: 213; Francoeur et al., 1985: 381 (redescription); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 51 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 207; Ward, 2005: 32.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax diversipilosus

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Buschinger, A. 1979a. Functional monogyny in the American guest ant Formicoxenus hirticornis (Emery) (= Leptothorax hirticornis), (Hym., Form.). Insectes Sociaux 26:61-68. PDF
• Buschinger, A. 1981. Biological and systematic relationships of social parasitic Leptothoracini from Europe and North America. Pp. 211-222 in: Howse, P. E.; Clement, J.-L. (eds.) 1981. Biosystematics of social insects. Systematics Association Special Volume No. 19. London: Academic Press, 346 pp. PDF
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
• Francoeur, A.; Loiselle, R.; Buschinger, A. 1985. Biosystématique de la tribu Leptothoracini (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). 1. Le genre Formicoxenus dans la région holarctique. Naturaliste Canadien (Québec) 112:343-403. PDF
• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
• Smith, M. R. 1939c. Notes on Leptothorax (Mychothorax) hirticornis Emery, and description of a related new species (Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 41:176-180. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1956c. A further contribution to the taxonomy and biology of the inquiline ant, Leptothorax diversipilosus Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 58:271-275. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
• Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1989a ("1988"). Notes on ant larvae: Myrmicinae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 114:319-327. PDF
• Yensen, N. P.; Clark, W. H.; Francoeur, A. 1977. A checklist of Idaho ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:181-187. PDF