• Combination in Leptogenys: Forel, 1900f: 313
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 46; Bingham, 1903: 62.
• Subspecies of Leptogenys diminuta: Forel, 1900f: 313; Emery, 1911e: 103; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 35; Bolton, 1995b: 234; Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013c: 17 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 52 (error).
• Junior synonym of Leptogenys diminuta: Xu & He, 2015: 138; Hamer et al., 2024: 179.

Obsolete combinations

• Lobopelta woodmasoni

Citations

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