• Francoeur & Loiselle, 1988b: 44 (m.)
• Combination in Leptothorax (Nesomyrmex): Smith, 1950a: 30; Kempf, 1959d: 421.
• Combination in Nesomyrmex: Bolton, 2003: 272.
• Status as species: Creighton, 1950a: 259; Smith, 1951c: 817; Kempf, 1959d: 421 (redescription); Smith, 1967a: 358; Kempf, 1972b: 134; Smith, 1979: 1391; Francoeur & Loiselle, 1988b: 44; Bolton, 1995b: 246; Bolton, 2003: 272; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 258.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax wilda

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
• 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
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
• Francoeur, A.; Loiselle, R. 1988b. The male of Leptothorax wilda with notes on the subgenus Nesomyrmex (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Pp. 43-54 in: Trager, J. C. (ed.) 1988. Advances in myrmecology. Leiden: E. J. Brill, xxvii + 551 pp.
• 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
• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
• Smith, M. R. 1943d. The first record of Leptothorax, subgenus Goniothorax Emery, in the United States, with the description of a new species. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 45:154-156. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1950a. On the status of Leptothorax Mayr and some of its subgenera. Psyche (Cambridge) 57:29-30. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1967a. Family Formicidae. Pp. 343-374 in: Krombein, K. V.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584. PDF