• Schifani et al., 2022: 154 (m.)
• Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271
• Status as species: Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 113; Bolton, 1995b: 240; Poldi et al., 1995: 5; Bolton, 2003: 271; Borowiec, 2014: 181; Lebas et al., 2016: 360: Schifani et al., 2022: 152 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax lagrecai

Citations

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1964b. Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia. II. Formiche di Sicilia. Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali (6)16:25-66. PDF
• 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
• 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.
• Schifani, E.; Prebus, M. M.; Alicata, A. 2022. Integrating morphology with phylogenomics to describe four island endemic species of Temnothorax from Sicily and Malta (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). European Journal of Taxonomy 833:143-179. 10.5852/ejt.2022.833.1891 PDF