• Yavnella in Leptanillinae, Leptanillini: Kugler, 1987: 52; Bolton, 1990b: 277; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 12; Bolton, 1994: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 50; Bolton, 2003: 40, 152.
• Yavnella as genus: all authors, except the following.
• Yavnella as junior synonym of Leptanilla: Griebenow, 2024: 128; Griebenow et al., 2025: 121.

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