• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 46; Emery, 1911e: 99; Santschi, 1914b: 55; Wheeler, 1922: 787; Menozzi, 1939c: 99; Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 61; Bolton, 1975a: 255 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 233; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 220; Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014: 113 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys maxillosa sericeus: Bolton, 1975a: 255; Bolton, 1995b: 233; Rakotonirina & Fisher, 2014: 113.

Junior synonyms

• Leptogenys maxillosa sericeus Weber, 1942

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.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1892. Sopra alcune formiche raccolte dall'Ingegnere L. Bricchetti Robecchi nel paese dei Somali. Dummy reference. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 32[=(2)12]:110-122.
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
• Menozzi, C. 1939c. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Missione Biologica nel Paese dei Borana 3:97-110.
• Menozzi, C.; Consani, M. 1952. Missione biologica Sagan-Omo diretta dal Prof. E. Zavattari. Hymenoptera Formicidae. Rivista di Biologia Coloniale 11:57-71. 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
• Santschi, F. 1914b. Voyage de Ch. Alluaud et R. Jeannel en Afrique Orientale, 1911-1912. Résultats scientifiques. Insectes Hyménoptères. II. Formicidae. Paris: Libr. A. Schulz, pp. 41-148. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.