• Kempf, 1959d: 411 (q.)
• Combination in Leptothorax (Goniothorax): Emery, 1924f: 250.
• Combination in Leptothorax (Nesomyrmex): Kempf, 1958c: 93 (figure caption); Kempf, 1959d: 411.
• Combination in Nesomyrmex: Bolton, 2003: 272.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1903d: 222; Emery, 1924f: 250; Kempf, 1958c: 94; Kempf, 1959d: 411 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 134; Kempf, 1975c: 367 (in key); Brandão, 1991: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 243; Bolton, 2003: 272; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 258.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax pittieri

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
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• Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Forel, A. 1899d. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:25-56. PDF
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• 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
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• Wheeler, W. M. 1903d. A revision of the North American ants of the genus Leptothorax Mayr. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 55:215-260. PDF