Temnothorax xiaoshu Qian & Xu, 2024: 61, fig. 38 (w.) CHINA (Yunnan). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Yunnan Province, Lushui City, Pianma Town, Pianma; 25.993789° N, 98.660772° E, 2500 m a.s.l., 25.iv.1999, foraging inside dead branch in subalpine moist evergreen broadleaf forest (Zheng-Hui Xu). Primary type depository: SWFU. Primary type specimen: SWFU A99-24. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: SWFU. Secondary type specimen: SWFU A99-24.