• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
• Status as species: Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 110; Bolton, 1995b: 239; Poldi et al., 1995: 5; Bolton, 2003: 271; Bračko, 2006: 141; Bračko, 2007: 18; Borowiec, 2014: 179; Lebas et al., 2016: 348; Bračko, 2023: 110.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax affinis italicus

Citations

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1971c. Catalogo delle specie di Formicidae d'Italia (Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia X). Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 50:5-287. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
• Bračko, G. 2006. Review of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Croatia. Acta Entomologica Slovenica 14 (2):131-156. PDF
• Bračko, G. 2007. Checklist of the ants of Slovenia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Natura Sloveniae 9 (1):15-24. PDF
• Bračko, G. 2023. Atlas of the ants of Slovenia. Ljubljana: Biotechnical Faculty, 251 pp.
• Consani, M. 1952. [Untitled. New species attributed to M. Consani.]. Pp. 41-42 in: Consani, M.; Zangheri, P. 1952. Fauna di Romagna. Imenotteri - Formicidi. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 31:38-48. PDF
• Lebas, C.; Galkowski, C.; Blatrix, R.; Wegnez, P. 2016. Guide Delachaux: Fourmis d’Europe occidentale. Luçon: Delachaux et Niestlé, 415 pp.
• Poldi, B.; Mei, M.; Rigato, F. 1995 ("1994"). Hymenoptera Formicidae. Checklist delle Specie della Fauna Italiana 102:1-10.