Leptothorax abeli Fontenla Rizo, 1998b: 62, fig. 1 (w.) CUBA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Cuba: Santiago de Cuba Prov., Sierra Maestra, Subida a la Nigua, 20.v.1995 (A. Pérez). Primary type depository: MNHC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 12 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 8 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 4 paratype workers Sierra Maestra, Rio Peladeros, 25.vii. (A.G. Debras). Secondary type depository: MNHC.