• Lectotype designation: Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014: 77.
• Combination in Leptogenys (Machaerogenys): Emery, 1911e: 100
• Status as species: Emery, 1911e: 100; Wheeler, 1922: 1011; Bolton, 1975a: 298; Bolton, 1995b: 230; Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014: 77 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Leptogenys incisa antongilensis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1975a. A revision of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian region with a review of the Malagasy species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 31:235-305. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1899e. Formiche di Madagascar raccolte dal Sig. A. Mocquerys nei pressi della Baia di Antongil (1897-1898). Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 31:263-290. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Rakotonirina, J. C.; Fisher, B. L. 2014. Revision of the Malagasy ponerine ants of the genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 3836 (1):1-163. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.