Leptothorax nipensis Fontenla Rizo, 1998b: 67, fig. 6 (w.) CUBA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Cuba: Santiago de Cuba Prov., Julio Antonio (limestone quarry), S Sierra de Nipe, vii.1994 (A.R. Estrada). Primary type depository: MNHC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MNHC.