• Combination in Leptothorax (Nesomyrmex): Kempf, 1958c: 93 (figure caption); Kempf, 1959d: 411.
• Combination in Nesomyrmex: Bolton, 2003: 272.
• Status as species: Kempf, 1959d: 411; Kempf, 1972b: 133; Kempf, 1975c: 367 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 236; Bolton, 2003: 272.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax brasiliensis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1958c. Sôbre algumas formigas neotrópicas do gênero Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 30:91-102. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1959d. A synopsis of the New World species belonging to the Nesomyrmex-group of the ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)2:391-432. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1975c. Miscellaneous studies on neotropical ants. VI. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Studia Entomologica 18:341-380. PDF