• [Lepisiota first available replacement name for Acantholepis Mayr, 1861 (junior homonym of Acantholepis Kroyer, 1846: 98 (Pisces)) (Bolton, 1995b: 33).]
• Lepisiota in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Bolton, 1994: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 33; Bolton, 2003: 23, 102; Ward et al., 2016: 348.
• Lepisiota as subgenus of Acantholepis: Donisthorpe, 1943g: 656.
• Lepisiota as junior synonym of Acantholepis: Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18.
• Lepisiota as genus: Bolton, 1995b: 33, 226; Bolton, 2003: 32, 102.
• [Note: Lepisiota incorrectly as junior synonym of Acanthomyrmex: Brown, 1973b: 181; Snelling, 1981: 397. In both publications Acanthomyrmex is an error for Acantholepis Mayr, 1861.]
• [Acantholepis (Pseudacantholepis) Bernard, 1953b. Unavailable name (attributed to Santschi); included taxa referable to Lepisiota (Bolton, 1995b: 44).]
• Subgenera of Lepisiota: nominal plus Baroniurbania.

Obsolete classifications

• Acantholepis (Lepisiota)

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