Acanthomyrmex laevis valid West Malaysia. Indomalaya.
Moffett, M. W. 1986c. Revision of the myrmicine genus Acanthomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 151:55-89.   127418

Acanthomyrmex laevis specularis obsolete combination Democratic Republic of the Congo. Afrotropic.
Santschi, F. 1935a. Fourmis du Musée du Congo Belge. Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 27:254-285.   128423