• Neotype designation: Lucky & Ward, 2010: 30.
• [Misspelled as erytrocephala by Latreille, 1802a: 277.]
• Emery, 1891b: 152 (m.); Wheeler, 1934c: 85 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1951: 179 (l.); Imai et al., 1977: 345 (k.)
• Combination in Atta: Fabricius, 1804: 423.
• Combination in Leptomyrmex: Mayr, 1862: 696
• Status as species: Fabricius, 1782: 489; Fabricius, 1787: 307; Gmelin, 1790: 2797; Christ, 1791: 508; Olivier, 1792: 491; Fabricius, 1793: 351; Latreille, 1802a: 277; Fabricius, 1804: 423; Mayr, 1862: 696 (redescription); Roger, 1863b: 10; Mayr, 1863a: 426; Lowne, 1865a: 278; Mayr, 1876: 77; Emery, 1887a: 252; Emery, 1891b: 152; Dalla Torre, 1893: 162; Emery, 1895h: 351; Forel, 1902j: 474; Stitz, 1911a: 368; Emery, 1913a: 16; Wheeler, 1915e: 265 (redescription); Clark, 1929b: 122; Wheeler, 1934c: 85; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 103; Taylor, 1987a: 35; Shattuck, 1994: 116; Bolton, 1995b: 234; Lucky & Ward, 2010: 30 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus clarki: Lucky & Ward, 2010: 30.
• Senior synonym of Leptomyrmex froggatti: Lucky & Ward, 2010: 30.
• Senior synonym of Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus mandibularis: Lucky & Ward, 2010: 30.
• Senior synonym of Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus unctus: Lucky & Ward, 2010: 30.

Junior synonyms

• Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus clarki Wheeler, 1934
• Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus mandibularis Wheeler, 1915
• Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus unctus Wheeler, 1934
• Leptomyrmex froggatti Forel, 1910

Obsolete combinations

• Formica erythrocephala

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