Leptothorax antera Terayama & Onoyama, 1999: 78, fig. 16 (w.) JAPAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Type-material: holotype worker. Type-locality: Japan: Kagoshima Pref., Amami-oshima, Gusuku, 29.iii.1980 (M. Terayama). Type-depository: MNHA. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 7 paratype workers. Paratype-localities: 1 paratype worker with same data as holotype, 2 paratype workers Kagoshima Pref., Tokuno-shima I., 20.iii.1980 (M. Terayama), 4 paratype workers Tokyo Pref., Hachijo-jima, Hachijo Botanical Garden, 1.iv.1984 (K. Onoyama). Paratype-depository: MNHA.