• Combination in Leptothorax (Goniothorax): Emery, 1924f: 250.
• Combination in Leptothorax (Nesomyrmex): Kempf, 1958c: 93 (figure caption); Kempf, 1959d: 400.
• Combination in Nesomyrmex: Bolton, 2003: 272.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 127; Forel, 1895b: 126; Emery, 1896g: 59 (in key); Emery, 1924f: 250; Borgmeier, 1927c: 109; Wheeler, 1931b: 30; Kempf, 1958c: 97; Kempf, 1959d: 400 (redescription); Kempf, 1972b: 134; Bolton, 1995b: 244; Bolton, 2003: 272.
• Senior synonym of Nesomyrmex sculptiventris borgmeieri: Kempf, 1959d: 400; Kempf, 1972b: 134; Bolton, 1995b: 244.
• Senior synonym of Nesomyrmex sculptiventris distincta: Kempf, 1959d: 400; Kempf, 1972b: 134; Bolton, 1995b: 244.
• Senior synonym of Nesomyrmex sculptiventris major: Kempf, 1959d: 400; Kempf, 1972b: 134; Bolton, 1995b: 244.

Junior synonyms

• Nesomyrmex sculptiventris borgmeieri (Wheeler, 1931)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax sculptiventris borgmeieri
• Nesomyrmex sculptiventris distincta (Crawley, 1922)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax sculptiventris distincta
• Nesomyrmex sculptiventris major (Forel, 1899)
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptothorax sculptiventris major

Obsolete combinations

• Leptothorax sculptiventris

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
• 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
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1896g. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XVII-XXV. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 28:33-107. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924f ("1922"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C:207-397. PDF
• Forel, A. 1895b. A fauna das formigas do Brazil. Boletim do Museu Paraense de Historia Natural e Ethnographia 1:89-139. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1958c. Sôbre algumas formigas neotrópicas do gênero Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias 30:91-102. 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
• Mayr, G. 1887. Südamerikanische Formiciden. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 37:511-632. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1931b. New and little-known ants of the genera Macromischa, Creosomyrmex and Antillaemyrmex. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 72:1-34. PDF