• Replacement name for Lasiophanes nigriventris Spinola, 1851a. [Junior primary homonym of Leptomyrmex nigriventris Guérin-Méneville, 1831.]
• Junior synonym of Lasiophanes nigriventris Spinola, 1851a: Mayr, 1863a: 412; Emery, 1922g: 90; Emery, 1925d: 13; Kempf, 1970b: 28; Kempf, 1972b: 129; Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 107; Bolton, 1995b: 220.
• [Note: Lasiophanes atriventris Smith, 1858a junior synonym of Lasiophanes nigriventris Spinola, 1851a (synonymy by Mayr, 1863a: 412, and subsequent authors); hence Lasiophanes atriventris Smith, 1858a first available replacement name (Bolton, 1995b: 220).]
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 412; Bolton, 1995b: 220.
• Senior synonym of Lasiophanes dichrous: Bolton, 1995b: 220.
• Senior synonym of Lasiophanes negrensis: Bolton, 1995b: 220.
• Senior synonym of Lasiophanes rufoniger: Bolton, 1995b: 220.

Junior synonyms

• Lasiophanes dichrous (Roger, 1863)
  Obsolete combination(s): Lasius dichrous
• Lasiophanes negrensis (Donisthorpe, 1933)
  Obsolete combination(s): Acanthomyops negrensis
• Lasiophanes rufoniger (Donisthorpe, 1933)
  Obsolete combination(s): Acanthomyops rufoniger

Obsolete combinations

• Formica atriventris

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1922g. Le specie americane del genere Melophorus (Lasiophanes). Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna. Classe di Scienze Fisiche (n.s.)26:90-95.
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1970b. Levantamento das formigas da Mata Amazônica, nos Arredores de Belém do Pará, Brasil. Studia Entomologica 13:321-344. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
• Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF
• Snelling, R. R.; Hunt, J. H. 1976 ("1975"). The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Chilena de Entomología 9:63-129. PDF