• Wheeler, 1900b: 7, 16 (eq.m.l.); Wheeler, 1904d: 258 (w.eq.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1952c: 641 (l.); Petralia & Vinson, 1980: 378 (l.)
• Combination in Leptogenys: Emery, 1895d: 268; Wheeler, 1900b: 2
• Status as species: Cresson, 1887: 258; Dalla Torre, 1893: 39; Wheeler, 1900b: 6; Wheeler, 1902g: 25; Wheeler, 1904d: 257; Wheeler, 1908h: 406; Wheeler, 1910a: 562; Emery, 1911e: 105; Wheeler, 1923e: 14; Smith, 1930a: 2; Creighton, 1950a: 51; Smith, 1951c: 787; Smith, 1958c: 112; Smith, 1979: 1344; Trager & Johnson, 1988: 30; Deyrup et al., 1989: 93; Bolton, 1995b: 231; Lattke, 2011: 157 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys mexicana: Lattke, 2011: 157.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys septentrionalis: Wheeler, 1902g: 25; Wheeler, 1904d: 257; Wheeler, 1908h: 406; Emery, 1911e: 106; Creighton, 1950a: 52; Smith, 1951c: 787; Smith, 1979: 1344; Bolton, 1995b: 231; Lattke, 2011: 157.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys elongata texana: Wheeler, 1904d: 257; Wheeler, 1908h: 406; Emery, 1911e: 106; Creighton, 1950a: 52; Smith, 1951c: 787; Smith, 1979: 1344; Bolton, 1995b: 231; Lattke, 2011: 157.

Junior synonyms

• Leptogenys elongata texana (Buckley, 1866)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptogenys texana, Ponera texana
• Leptogenys mexicana (Mayr, 1870)
  Obsolete combination(s): Lobopelta mexicana
• Leptogenys septentrionalis (Mayr, 1886)
  Obsolete combination(s): Lobopelta septentrionalis

Obsolete combinations

• Ponera elongata

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