• [Misspelled as recendes by Menozzi, 1925d: 33.]
• Roger, 1859: 258 (q.); Forel, 1874: 83, 94 (m.).
• Combination in Leptothorax: Roger, 1859: 258.
• Combination in Temnothorax: Mayr, 1861: 69.
• Combination in Leptothorax (Temnothorax): Forel, 1890b: lxxii.
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 120; Roger, 1859: 258; Mayr, 1861: 69; Roger, 1863b: 30; Mayr, 1863a: 456; Emery, 1869b: 18; Dours, 1873: 168; Forel, 1874: 83 (in key); André, 1874c: 198 (in key); Emery & Forel, 1879: 459; André, 1883a: 308 (in key); Forel, 1889: 257; Saunders, 1890: 204; Forel, 1892j: 315; Dalla Torre, 1893: 126; Ruzsky, 1902d: 25; Ruzsky, 1905b: 607; Forel, 1915d: 27; Emery, 1916a: 176; Bondroit, 1918: 138; Santschi, 1918a: 32; Menozzi, 1922c: 329; Müller, 1923a: 71; Müller, 1923b: 88; Emery, 1924f: 260; Menozzi, 1925d: 33; Karavaiev, 1927a: 293; Kutter, 1927a: 100; Menozzi, 1927b: 91; Grandi, 1935: 101; Bernard, 1945b: 134; Consani & Zangheri, 1952: 42; Bernard, 1956b: 259; Ceballos, 1956: 306; Cagniant, 1966b: 280; Bernard, 1967a: 186 (redescription); Cagniant, 1968a: 144; Kutter, 1968b: 59; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 68; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 96; Pisarski, 1975: 22; Kutter, 1977c: 135; Collingwood, 1978: 77 (in key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 544 (in key); Schembri & Collingwood, 1981: 433; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 56; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 274 (in key); Dlussky & Soyunov, 1988: 31 (redescription); Kugler, 1988: 257; Dlussky et al., 1990: 186; Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c: 418 (in key); Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 126; Collingwood, 1993b: 194; Arakelian, 1994: 59; Bolton, 1995b: 243; Poldi et al., 1995: 4; Schembri & Collingwood, 1995: 156; Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 268; Espadaler, 1997g: 30; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 16 (in key); Bolton, 2003: 271; Bračko, 2006: 142; Cagniant, 2006: 198; Petrov, 2006: 96 (in key); Bračko, 2007: 18; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 143; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 496; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 44; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 24; Karaman, 2011b: 32; Legakis, 2011: 19; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 543; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 26; Borowiec, 2014: 187; Bračko et al., 2014: 16; Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014: 136; Salata & Borowiec, 2015c: 139 (in key); Lebas et al., 2016: 370; Radchenko, 2016: 226; Salata et al., 2018: 793 (redescription); Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 50; Seifert, 2018: 200; Arcos et al., 2022: 13; Bračko, 2023: 116; Salata et al., 2024: 11 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax recedens barbarus: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 268; Radchenko, 2016: 226; Salata et al., 2018: 793.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax ergatogyna: Dlussky & Soyunov, 1988: 31; Bolton, 1995b: 243; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 496; Radchenko, 2016: 226; Salata et al., 2018: 793.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax mordax: Dlussky & Soyunov, 1988: 31; Bolton, 1995b: 243; Radchenko, 2016: 226; Salata et al., 2018: 793.
• Senior synonym of Temnothorax pictus: Collingwood, 1978: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 243; Radchenko, 2016: 226; Salata et al., 2018: 793.

Junior synonyms

• Temnothorax ergatogyna (Bernard, 1950)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax ergatogyna
• Temnothorax mordax (Santschi, 1919)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax mordax
• Temnothorax pictus (Emery, 1924)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax pictus
• Temnothorax recedens barbarus (Santschi, 1939)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax recedens barbarus

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax recedens
• Myrmica recedens

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