• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986c: 89 (l.)
• Combination in Leptogenys: Emery, 1895i: 20
• Combination in Leptogenys (Lobopelta): Arnold, 1915: 101.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 19; Mayr, 1863a: 427; Mayr, 1865: 72 (redescription); Mayr, 1879: 664 (in key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 44; Emery, 1895i: 20; Emery, 1911e: 102; Arnold, 1915: 101 (redescription); Wheeler, 1922: 788; Bolton, 1975a: 285 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 230.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys parva bellua: Bolton, 1975a: 285; Bolton, 1995b: 230.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys parva dispar: Bolton, 1975a: 285; Bolton, 1995b: 230.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys hewitti: Bolton, 1975a: 285; Bolton, 1995b: 230.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys parva: Bolton, 1975a: 285; Bolton, 1995b: 230.

Junior synonyms

• Leptogenys hewitti Santschi, 1932
• Leptogenys parva Forel, 1901
• Leptogenys parva bellua Forel, 1914
• Leptogenys parva dispar Santschi, 1914

Obsolete combinations

• Lobopelta castanea

Citations

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• 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.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1895i. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64:15-56. PDF
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• Mayr, G. 1862. Myrmecologische Studien. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 12:649-776. PDF
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• Mayr, G. 1865. Formicidae. In: Novara Expedition 1865. Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859. Zoologischer Theil. Bd. II. Abt. 1. Wien: K. Gerold's Sohn, 119 pp. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1879. Beiträge zur Ameisen-Fauna Asiens. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 28:645-686. PDF
• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986c. Supplementary studies of ant larvae: Ponerinae. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 112:85-94. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.