• Lectotype designation: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014: 40 (unnecessary - see type notes).
• Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014: 40 (q.).
• Combination in Leptogenys (Lobopelta): Emery, 1911e: 101
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 101; Wheeler, 1922: 1012; Bolton, 1975a: 296; Bolton, 1995b: 229; Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014: 40 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Lobopelta angusta

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1975a. A revision of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian region with a review of the Malagasy species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 31:235-305. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1892l. Nouvelles espèces de Formicides de Madagascar (récoltées par M. Sikora). Première série. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 36:516-535. PDF
• Rakotonirina, J. C.; Fisher, B. L. 2014. Revision of the Malagasy ponerine ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3836 (1):1-163. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.