• [Duplicated in Jerdon, 1854b: 101.]
• Combination in Leptogenys: Emery, 1911e: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 233.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 84; Roger, 1861a: 42; Mayr, 1863a: 450; Smith, 1871a: 320; Dalla Torre, 1893: 42; Emery, 1911e: 106; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 233; Tiwari, 1999: 29; Xu & He, 2015: 158 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 52; Arimoto & Yamane, 2018: 29 (in key).

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera stenocheilos

Citations

• Arimoto, K.; Yamane, S. 2018. Taxonomy of the Leptogenys chalybaea species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae) from Southeast Asia. Asian Myrmecology 10:e010008:1-31. 10.20362/am.010008 PDF
• Bharti, H.; Guénard, B.; Bharti, M.; Economo, E. P. 2016. An updated checklist of the ants of India with their specific distributions in Indian states (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 551:1-83. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Jerdon, T. C. 1851. A catalogue of the species of ants found in Southern India. Madras Journal of Literature and Science 17:103-127. PDF
• Jerdon, T. C. 1854b. A catalogue of the species of ants found in Southern India. [concl.]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (2)13:100-110. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
• Roger, J. 1861a. Die Ponera-artigen Ameisen (Schluss). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 5:1-54. PDF
• Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF
• Smith, F. 1871a. A catalogue of the Aculeate Hymenoptera and Ichneumonidae of India and the Eastern Archipelago. With introductory remarks by A. R. Wallace. [part]. Journal of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 11:285-348. PDF
• Tiwari, R. N. 1999. Taxonomic studies on ants of southern India (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Memoirs of the Zoological Survey of India 18(4):1-96. PDF
• Xu, Z.-H.; He, Q.-J. 2015. Taxonomic review of the ponerine ant genus Leptogenys Roger, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with a key to the Oriental species. Myrmecological News 21:137-161. PDF