• Leptalea in Myrmicinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 55.
• Leptalea in Pseudomyrmecinae: Donisthorpe, 1943g: 656.
• Leptalea as junior synonym of Pseudomyrma: Smith, 1858a: 153; Mayr, 1863a: 451; Roger, 1863b: 24; Smith, 1877b: 58; Dalla Torre, 1893: 55; Forel, 1899b: 86; Emery, 1921c: 28; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 656.
• Leptalea as junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex: Smith, 1952a: 98; Kempf, 1972b: 214; Smith, 1979: 1345; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Ward, 1990: 469; Bolton, 1995b: 33; Bolton, 2003: 135.
• [Note: Pseudomyrmex and Leptalea share the same type-species; synonymy is therefore absolute.]
• [Leptalaea: incorrect subsequent spelling by Spinola, 1851b: 52; Spinola, 1853: 68.]

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