Leptogenys nigricans Lattke, 2011: 205, fig. 61 (w.eq.) BRAZIL (Amazonas). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Brazil: Amazonas, Benjamin Constant and vicinity, BC-73, 22.ix.1962 (W.L. Brown). Type-depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 3 paratype workers, 1 paratype ergatoid queen. Paratype-localities: 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 1 paratype worker, 1 paratype ergatoid queen with same data as holotype but BC-3X, 18.ix.1962 (W.L. Brown). Paratype-depository: MCZC.