Leptogenys elegans Bolton, 1975a: 265, fig. 9 (w.) NIGERIA, IVORY COAST, GHANA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Nigeria: Gambari (= Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria), 10.ix.1969, in rotten stump (B. Bolton). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902602. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 16 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 2 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 5 paratype workers Ivory Coast: 40 km. W Abidjan, 14.i.1963, A97, Plantation Niecky (W.L. Brown), 1 paratype worker Ghana: Pankese Cocoa Station, 10.ix.1969 (C.A. Collingwood), 4 paratype workers Ghana: Bunso, 7.vii.1969, pyrethrum knockdown B2/2 (D. Leston), 2 paratype workers Ghana: Bunso, 30.vii.1969, pyrethrum knockdown B8/1 (D. Leston), 1 paratype worker Ghana: Tafo (= New Tafo, Eastern Region, Akim District, Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana), 8.x.1966, ant ecology sample 318F (D. Leston), 1 paratype worker Ghana: Asikaisu, 9.ix.1969, ant ecology sample AM70 (D. Leston). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, NHMB.