• Replacement name for Leptogenys nitida Smith, 1858a. [Junior primary homonym of †Ponerites nitidus Heer, 1849 (Bolton, 1995b: 231).]
• [Note: Leptogenys intermedia oldest junior synonym of Leptogenys nitida Smith, 1858a (synonymy by Bolton, 1975a: 289); hence Leptogenys intermedia first available replacement name (Bolton, 1995b: 231).]
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 102; Forel, 1914d: 214; Wheeler, 1922: 789; Arnold, 1926: 209; Bolton, 1995b: 231.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys nitida adpressa: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys nitida aena: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys capensis: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys brevinodis deflocata: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys nitida gracilis Santschi, 1914e: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys nitida grandior: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys nitida insinuata: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys nitida speculans: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys tenuis: Bolton, 1975a: 289.
• [Note: all the synonyms, originally junior synonyms of the junior homonym Leptogenys nitida Smith, 1858a, are here transferred to the replacement name Leptogenys intermedia. It is certain that several closely related species are aggregated here.]

Junior synonyms

• Leptogenys brevinodis deflocata Santschi, 1926
• Leptogenys capensis Baroni Urbani, 1971
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptogenys nitida capensis
• Leptogenys nitida adpressa Forel, 1914
• Leptogenys nitida aena Forel, 1914
• Leptogenys nitida gracilis Santschi, 1914
• Leptogenys nitida grandior Forel, 1915
• Leptogenys nitida insinuata Santschi, 1914
• Leptogenys nitida speculans Santschi, 1926
• Leptogenys tenuis Stitz, 1911

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
• 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. 1902c. Note mirmecologiche. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna (n.s.)6:22-34.
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50:211-288. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.