Leptothorax (Nesomyrmex) timidus Kempf, 1959d: 420, figs. 10, 14 (w.) VENEZUELA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Venezuela: on Cattleya pseudobulb (no further data) (intercepted by U.S. Plant Quarantine, no. 44.25380, 23.x.1946). Primary type depository: USNM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 6 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 4 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers with same data but no. 39-7589, 5.v.1939. Secondary type depositories: USNM, MZSP.