• Lectotype designation: Bolton, 1975a: 274.
• Arnold, 1915: 98 (m.)
• Combination in Lobopelta: Roger, 1863b: 19.
• Combination in Leptogenys: Mayr, 1895: 124.
• Combination in Leptogenys (Lobopelta): Arnold, 1915: 97.
• Status as species: Roger, 1861a: 14; Roger, 1863b: 19; Mayr, 1863a: 447; Dalla Torre, 1893: 43; Emery, 1893j: 2; Mayr, 1895: 124; Emery, 1911e: 102; Arnold, 1915: 97 (redescription); Wheeler, 1922: 788; Arnold, 1926: 210; Bolton, 1975a: 274 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 230.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys attenuata jaegerskjoeldi: Arnold, 1926: 210; Bolton, 1975a: 274; Bolton, 1995b: 230.

Junior synonyms

• Leptogenys attenuata jaegerskjoeldi Santschi, 1914
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptogenys jaegerskjoeldi

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera attenuata

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1915. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part I. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:1-159. PDF
• Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1975a. A revision of the ant genus Leptogenys Roger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian region with a review of the Malagasy species. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 31:235-305. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1893j. Intorno ad alcune formiche della collezione Spinola. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 8(163):1-3. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
• Mayr, G. 1895. Afrikanische Formiciden. Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlichen Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 10:124-154. PDF
• Roger, J. 1861a. Die Ponera-artigen Ameisen (Schluss). Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 5:1-54. PDF
• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
• Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.