• Lectotype designation: Arimoto & Yamane, 2018: 20.
• [Misspelled as chalybea by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 32.]
• Arimoto & Yamane, 2018: 21 (eq.)
• Combination in Leptogenys (Lobopelta): Emery, 1911e: 102
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 44; Emery, 1911e: 102; Wheeler, 1919f: 57; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 230; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 24; Bakhtiar & Chiang, 2011: 47 (in key); Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 56; Arimoto & Yamane, 2018: 20 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Lobopelta chalybaea

Citations

• Arimoto, K.; Yamane, S. 2018. Taxonomy of the Leptogenys chalybaea species group (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Ponerinae) from Southeast Asia. Asian Myrmecology 10:e010008:1-31. 10.20362/am.010008 PDF
• Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Chiang, S. L. 2011. Leptogenys ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae) of Sabah. Serangga 15 (1-2):37-54. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1887e. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine). [part]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 25[=(2)5]:427-432. PDF
• Emery, C. 1911e. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Ponerinae. Genera Insectorum 118:1-125. PDF
• Jaitrong, W.; Nabhitabhata, J. 2005. A list of known ant species of Thailand (Formicidae: Hymenoptera). The Thailand Natural History Museum Journal 1(1):9-54. PDF
• Pfeiffer, M.; Mezger, D.; Hosoishi, S.; Bakhtiar, E. Y.; Kohout, R. J. 2011. The Formicidae of Borneo (Insecta: Hymenoptera): a preliminary species list. Asian Myrmecology 4:9-58. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1919f. The ants of Borneo. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 63:43-147. PDF