• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
• Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 238; Bolton, 2003: 271; Bharti et al., 2012: 334 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 45; Bharti et al., 2016: 752 (in key); Rasheed et al., 2019: 434; Rasheed et al., 2020: 376.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax desioi

Citations

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