Taxonomic history
Cole, 1958c PDF: 537 (q.m.).Combination in Leptothorax (Myrafant): Smith, 1979: 1392.Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 271.Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1903c: 256; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 567; Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 507; Emery, 1924f PDF: 258; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 263; Smith, 1951c PDF: 817; Cole, 1958c: 537; Cole, 1966b PDF: 17 (in key); Smith, 1967a PDF: 358; Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 22; Yensen et al., 1977 PDF: 183; Smith, 1979: 1392; Snelling & George, 1979: 143; Allred, 1982: 483; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1986g: 52; MacKay et al., 1988: 90; Bolton, 1995b: 235; Mackay, 2000 PDF: 316 (redescription); Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 116; Bolton, 2003 PDF: 271; Ward, 2005 PDF: 15; Snelling, R.R. et al. 2014: 37.Senior synonym of Temnothorax nitens heathii: Ward, 2005 PDF: 15.Senior synonym of Temnothorax nitens occidentalis: Ward, 2005 PDF: 15.Senior synonym of Temnothorax ocellatus: Ward, 2005 PDF: 15.
