Temnothorax desertorum Dlussky & Soyunov, 1988: 35, figs. 1, 2 (w.q.) TURKMENISTAN, UZBEKISTAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Turkmenistan: Karakum, Kaplankyrsk reserve, Chiryshli well, 4.x.1983 (O.S. Soyunov). Primary type depository: ZMUM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens. Secondary type localities: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype but 11.v.1983, 2 paratype queens with same data as holotype but 5.x.1983, 1 paratype worker Turkmenistan: Central Karakum, Karrykul well, 70 km. Bezmeina, 7.iv.1970 (G.M. Dlussky), 1 paratype queen Uzbekistan: Kuldzhuktau, Ayak-Guzhumdt well, 17.iii.1961 (G.M. Dlussky). Secondary type depository: ZMUM.