• Combination in Melophorus (Lasiophanes): Emery, 1922g: 91 (in key).
• Combination in Lasiophanes: Wheeler, 1935c: 70.
• Status as species: Emery, 1922g: 91 (in key); Emery, 1925d: 13; Goetsch & Menozzi, 1935: 99; Kempf, 1970a: 30; Kempf, 1972b: 129; Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 108; Brandão, 1991: 348; Bolton, 1995b: 221.
• Senior synonym of Lasiophanes bolivari: Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 108; Brandão, 1991: 348; Bolton, 1995b: 220.
• Senior synonym of Lasiophanes pilosulus: Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 108; Brandão, 1991: 348; Bolton, 1995b: 221.
• Senior synonym of Lasiophanes uxorius: Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 108; Brandão, 1991: 348; Bolton, 1995b: 221.

Junior synonyms

• Lasiophanes bolivari (Santschi, 1916)
  Obsolete combination(s): Prenolepis bolivari
• Lasiophanes pilosulus (Emery, 1922)
  Obsolete combination(s): Melophorus pilosulus
• Lasiophanes uxorius (Emery, 1922)
  Obsolete combination(s): Melophorus uxorius

Obsolete combinations

• Melophorus valdiviensis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
• Emery, C. 1922g. Le specie americane del genere Melophorus (Lasiophanes). Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna. Classe di Scienze Fisiche (n.s.)26:90-95.
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Forel, A. 1904i. Formiciden. Ergebnisse der Hamburger Magalhaensischen Sammelreise 7(8):1-7. PDF
• Goetsch, W.; Menozzi, C. 1935. Die Ameisen Chiles. Konowia 14:94-102. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1970a. Catálogo das formigas do Chile. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 23:17-43. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Snelling, R. R.; Hunt, J. H. 1976 ("1975"). The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Chilena de Entomología 9:63-129. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1935c. Myrmecological notes. Psyche (Cambridge) 42:68-72. PDF