• Wheeler, 1915e: 261 (l.); Wheeler, 1934c: 95 (m.)
• Combination in Leptomyrmex: Mayr, 1862: 696
• Junior synonym of Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus: Mayr, 1876: 77
• Subspecies of Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus: Emery, 1887a: 252; Dalla Torre, 1893: 162.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 40; Mayr, 1863a: 418; Roger, 1863b: 10; Emery, 1895h: 351; Stitz, 1912: 507; Emery, 1913a: 17; Wheeler, 1915e: 270 (redescription); Wheeler, 1934c: 95; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 105; Taylor, 1987a: 36; Shattuck, 1994: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 234; Lucky & Ward, 2010: 42 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Formica nigriventris

Citations

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