• Belonopelta in Ponerinae: Dalla Torre, 1893: 43.
• Belonopelta in Pachycondylinae, Pachycondylini: Ashmead, 1905c: 382.
• Belonopelta in Ponerinae, Ponerini: Emery, 1895l: 767; Forel, 1895b: 116; Wheeler, 1910a: 135; Emery, 1911e: 87 [subtribe Ponerini]; Forel, 1917: 238; Wheeler, 1922: 649; all subsequent authors.

Junior synonyms

• Leiopelta Baroni Urbani, 1975

Citations

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