Taxonomic history
Forel, 1913i PDF: 359 (q.); Santschi, 1927b PDF: 58 (q.); Kutter, 1927a PDF: 100 (m.).Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 271.Status as species: Forel, 1913i PDF: 359; Emery, 1916a PDF: 173; Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 134; Emery, 1924f PDF: 255; Santschi, 1925g PDF: 346; Donisthorpe, 1926a PDF: 8; Kutter, 1927a PDF: 100; Santschi, 1927b PDF: 58; Santschi, 1931a: 7; Grandi, 1935 PDF: 101; Bernard, 1956a PDF: 162; Ceballos, 1956: 306; Baroni Urbani, 1964b PDF: 46; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 206 (redescription); Baroni Urbani, 1968e PDF: 458; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 70; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 117; Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 84 (in key); Espadaler, 1981b PDF: 80; Bolton, 1995b: 241; Poldi et al., 1995: 5; Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 30; Bolton, 2003 PDF: 271; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 495; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009 PDF: 44; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 18; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 542; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 184; Galkowski & Lebas, 2016 PDF: 85 (in key); Lebas et al., 2016: 364.Senior synonym of Temnothorax glaber: Espadaler, 1981b PDF: 80; Bolton, 1995b: 241.