• Neotype designation: Radchenko, 1995a: 25.
• Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 140 (q.)
• Combination in Leptothorax: Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 140
• Subspecies of Leptothorax muscorum: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929a: 30.
• Status as species: Heinze et al., 1993: 178; Radchenko, 1994b: 111 (in key); Radchenko, 1994e: 147 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 242; Radchenko, 1995a: 25; Radchenko & Heinze, 1997: 79; Bolton, 2003: 270; Radchenko, 2004: 131; Radchenko, 2005b: 136; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 44.

Obsolete combinations

• Mychothorax muscorum oceanicum

Citations

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• Radchenko, A. G. 1994e. Identification table for ants of the genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from central and eastern Palearctic. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 73(7-8):146-158. PDF
• Radchenko, A. G. 1995a ("1994"). A review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the central and eastern Palearctic. Communication 1. Subdivision into groups. Groups acervorum and bulgaricus. [In Russian.]. Vestnik Zoologii 1994(6):22-28.
• Radchenko, A. G.; Heinze, J. 1997. A redescription of the ant Leptothorax oceanicus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Vestnik Zoologii 31(4):78-81.