Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus var. rufithorax Forel, 1915b: 83 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Queensland). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Australia: Queensland, Blackall Range, Mt Tamborine (E. Mjöberg). Primary type depositories: ANIC, MHNG, NHMB (perhaps also NHRS). Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 74, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 117, cites 5 worker syntypes (1 ANIC, 3 MHNG, 1 NHMB).