• Lectotype designation: Radchenko et al., 2015: 162.
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
• Subspecies of Temnothorax tuberum: Ruzsky, 1905b: 598; Emery, 1924f: 256.
• Status as species: Radchenko, 1994e: 150 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 235; Radchenko, 1996c: 17; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 142; Borowiec, 2014: 171; Radchenko et al., 2015: 163.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax werneri: Radchenko et al., 2015: 163 (in text).

Junior synonyms

• Temnothorax werneri (Radchenko, 1994)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax werneri

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax alpinus

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Gratiashvili, N.; Barjadze, S. 2008. Checklist of the ants (Formicidae Latreille, 1809) of Georgia. Proceedings of the Institute of Zoology (Tbilisi) 23:130-146. PDF
• 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. 1996c. A review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of central and eastern Palearctic. Communication 4. Group congruus. Species of uncertain position. Zoogeographical characteristics. [In Russian.]. Vestnik Zoologii 1996(1/2):16-22. PDF
• Radchenko, A. G.; Yusupov, Z. M.; Fedoseeva, E. B. 2015. Taxonomic notes for some Caucasian Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 species, with descriptions of three new species. Caucasian Entomological Bulletin 11 (1):161-167. PDF
• Ruzsky, M. 1902d. Material on the ant fauna of the Caucasus and the Crimea. [In Russian.]. Protokoly Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kazanskom Universitete 206(suppl.):1-33. PDF
• Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. [In Russian.]. Trudy Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kazanskom Universitete 38(4-6):1-800.