• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
• Status as species: Azuma, 1951: 87; Collingwood, 1976a: 303; Onoyama, 1980a: 197; Ogata, 1991b: 96; Morisita et al., 1992: 29; Bolton, 1995b: 240; Terayama & Onoyama, 1999: 88 (redescription); Bolton, 2003: 271; Imai et al., 2003: 156; Lyu & Cho, 2003: 272; Radchenko, 2004: 125; Radchenko, 2005b: 150; Zhou et al., 2010: 9 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 55.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax koreanus

Citations

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