• Lectotype designation: Seifert et al., 2017: 345.
• Emery, 1897c: 588 (q.em.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1973a: 27 (l.); Imai et al., 1984: 6 (k.)
• Combination in Cardiocondyla: Forel, 1881: 6
• Status as species: Mayr, 1876: 101; Mayr, 1879: 674 (redescription); Forel, 1881: 6; Emery, 1884: 379; André, 1885d: 853; Forel, 1890b: lxxv; Dalla Torre, 1893: 71; Emery, 1897c: 588; Emery, 1900: 680; Forel, 1901c: 12; Dahl, 1901: 20; Forel, 1902j: 440; Forel, 1903a: 689; Rothney, 1903: 98; Bingham, 1903: 287; Forel, 1906b: 86; Forel, 1907d: 17; Emery, 1909a: 25; Karavaiev, 1911b: 8; Viehmeyer, 1914c: 518; Forel, 1915b: 75; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 122; Wheeler, 1919f: 71; Mann, 1921: 443; Emery, 1922c: 126; Wheeler, 1922: 1021; Wheeler, 1922n: 317; Mann, 1925b: 5; Wheeler, 1927i: 140; Santschi, 1928a: 44; Santschi, 1928c: 68; Wheeler, 1928c: 16; Wheeler, 1929g: 4; Wheeler, 1930k: 64; Wheeler, 1932e: 159; Wheeler, 1935g: 20; Karavaiev, 1935a: 84 (redescription); Finzi, 1936: 171; Wheeler, 1936g: 7; Santschi, 1937h: 371; Menozzi, 1939a: 334; Creighton, 1950a: 198; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 83; Bernard, 1956c: 302 (in key); Wilson & Taylor, 1967b: 55; Taylor, 1967b: 1094; Pisarski, 1967a: 386; Taylor, 1976a: 85; Smith, 1979: 1375; Onoyama, 1980a: 198; Barquín, 1981: 123; Kugler, 1984: 11; Collingwood, 1985: 257; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 55; Taylor, 1987a: 16; Kugler, 1988: 258; Deyrup et al., 1989: 95; Ogata, 1991b: 99; Morisita et al., 1992: 32; Hohmann et al., 1993: 147; Perrault, 1993: 333; Dlussky, 1994a: 54; Bolton, 1995b: 133; MacKay, 1995: 170 (in key); Mei, 1995: 764; Poldi et al., 1995: 4; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 69; Radchenko, 1995g: 452; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 327; Deyrup et al., 2000: 296; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 305; Mohamed et al., 2001: 50; Zhou, 2001a: 87; Wetterer, 2002: 129; Zhang & Zheng, 2002: 220; Deyrup, 2003: 44; Imai et al., 2003: 154; Lin & Wu, 2003: 63; Lyu & Cho, 2003: 267; Seifert, 2003a: 245 (redescription); Wetterer & Vargo, 2003: 417; Ghosh et al., 2005: 19; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 16; Wetterer, 2006: 415; Clouse, 2007b: 230; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 6; Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 44; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 40; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 73; Sarnat et al., 2013: 71; Seifert et al., 2017: 345; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 820.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax nudus

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