• [Junior primary homonym of †Ponerites nitidus Heer, 1849.]
• Arnold, 1926: 211 (eq.)
• Combination in Lobopelta: Mayr, 1886c: 358
• Combination in Leptogenys: Forel, 1901k: 329
• Combination in Leptogenys (Lobopelta): Arnold, 1915: 101.
• Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 15; Mayr, 1863a: 449; Mayr, 1886c: 358; Dalla Torre, 1893: 45; Forel, 1901k: 329; Emery, 1911e: 102; Forel, 1913a: 110; Forel, 1914d: 214; Santschi, 1914e: 11; Arnold, 1915: 101 (redescription); Wheeler, 1922: 789; Arnold, 1926: 211; Arnold, 1960a: 81; Bolton, 1975a: 289 (redescription); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 220 (error).
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys tenuis: Forel, 1912o: 52; Santschi, 1914e: 11; Wheeler, 1922: 789.
• Replacement name: Leptogenys intermedia Emery, 1902c.
• [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).]

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera nitida

Citations

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