• Combination in Leptothorax (Goniothorax): Emery, 1924f: 250.
• Subspecies of Nesomyrmex sculptiventris: Emery, 1924f: 250; Borgmeier, 1927c: 109.
• Junior synonym of Nesomyrmex sculptiventris: Kempf, 1959d: 400; Kempf, 1972b: 134; Bolton, 1995b: 240.

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax sculptiventris major

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Forel, A. 1899d. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:25-56. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1959d. A synopsis of the New World species belonging to the Nesomyrmex-group of the ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Studia Entomologica (n.s.)2:391-432. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF