• Combination in Leptanilla: Taylor, 1965d: 363.
• Status as species: Petersen, 1968: 596; Baroni Urbani, 1977c: 477; Bolton, 1995b: 229; Griebenow, 2024: 130.

Obsolete combinations

• Probolomyrmex palauensis

Citations

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1977c. Materiali per una revisione della sottofamiglia Leptanillinae Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomologica Basiliensia 2:427-488. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Griebenow, Z. 2024. Systematic revision of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1189:83-184. [online early] 10.3897/zookeys.1189.107506 PDF
• Petersen, B. 1968. Some novelties in presumed males of Leptanillinae (Hym., Formicidae). Entomologiske Meddelelser 36:577-598. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1953c. A new species of Probolomyrmex, and the first description of a Probolomyrmex male (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 61:127-129. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1965d. A monographic revision of the rare tropicopolitan ant genus Probolomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London 117:345-365. PDF