• Forel, 1900f: 312 (eq.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1976a: 49 (l.); Imai et al., 1984: 67 (k.); Imai et al., 1985: 46 (k.).
• Combination in Lobopelta: Mayr, 1862: 734.
• Combination in Leptogenys: Emery, 1895m: 461.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 89; Roger, 1861a: 15; Mayr, 1862: 734; Roger, 1863b: 19; Mayr, 1863a: 428; Mayr, 1867a: 89 (redescription); Smith, 1871a: 321; Smith, 1873: viii; Mayr, 1879: 665 (in key); Emery, 1887f: 433; Kirby, 1889: 551; Rothney, 1889: 373; Dalla Torre, 1893: 44; Emery, 1895m: 461; Emery, 1897: 556; Forel, 1900f: 312; Emery, 1900: 671; Forel, 1901k: 329; Forel, 1901m: 46; Emery, 1901i: 566; Rothney, 1903: 97; Bingham, 1903: 61; Forel, 1905f: 6; Forel, 1906b: 91; Wheeler, 1909d: 339; Emery, 1911e: 103; Forel, 1913f: 661; Forel, 1913l: 17; Viehmeyer, 1914a: 112; Forel, 1915a: 23; Wheeler, 1919f: 58; Karavaiev, 1925c: 276; Wheeler & Chapman, 1925: 70; Karavaiev, 1926d: 421; Wheeler, 1927b: 42; Clark, 1928b: 169; Santschi, 1928h: 124; Donisthorpe, 1929a: 444; Mukerjee, 1930: 150; Wheeler, 1930k: 60; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 448; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 33; Wilson, 1958c: 118; Baltazar, 1966: 237; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 33; Taylor, 1988: 34; Radchenko, 1993a: 78; Bolton, 1995b: 230; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 42; Tang et al., 1995: 36; Xu, 1996b: 224; Tiwari, 1999: 23; Mathew & Tiwari, 2000: 278; Xu, 2000a: 119 (in key); Zhou, 2001a: 43; Lin & Wu, 2003: 67; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005: 24; Terayama, 2009: 115; Mohanraj et al., 2010: 6; Zhou & Ran, 2010: 105; Bakhtiar & Chiang, 2011: 47 (in key); Pfeiffer et al., 2011: 56; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 59; Zhou et al., 2012: 888 (in key); Bharti & Wachkoo, 2013c: 17 (in key); Sarnat et al., 2013: 73; Xu & He, 2015: 154 (in key); Bharti et al., 2016: 51; Jaitrong et al., 2016: 42; Arimoto & Yamane, 2018: 28 (in key); Dias et al., 2020: 111; Khachonpisitsak et al., 2020: 146; Subedi et al., 2022: 13; Wang et al., 2022: 124; Hamer et al., 2024: 179.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys diminuta bismarckensis: Wilson, 1958c: 118; Bolton, 1995b: 231; Zhou, 2001a: 43; Hamer et al., 2024: 179.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys diminuta deceptrix: Xu & He, 2015: 138; Hamer et al., 2024: 179.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys ferox: Wilson, 1958c: 118; Bolton, 1995b: 231; Zhou, 2001a: 43; Hamer et al., 2024: 179.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys hodgsoni: Xu & He, 2015: 144; Hamer et al., 2024: 179.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys diminuta palliseri: Xu & He, 2015: 138; Hamer et al., 2024: 179.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys diminuta santschii: Wilson, 1958c: 118; Bolton, 1995b: 231; Zhou, 2001a: 43; Hamer et al., 2024: 179.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys diminuta sarasinorum: Xu & He, 2015: 138; Hamer et al., 2024: 179.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys simillima: Roger, 1863b: 19; Mayr, 1863a: 428; Bolton, 1995b: 231; Zhou, 2001a: 43; Hamer et al., 2024: 179.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys diminuta stitzi: Wilson, 1958c: 118; Bolton, 1995b: 231; Zhou, 2001a: 43; Hamer et al., 2024: 179.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys diminuta striatula: Xu & He, 2015: 138; Hamer et al., 2024: 179.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys diminuta woodmasoni: Xu & He, 2015: 138; Hamer et al., 2024: 179.
• Senior synonym of Leptogenys diminuta yarrabahna: Taylor, 1988: 34; Bolton, 1995b: 231; Zhou, 2001a: 43; Hamer et al., 2024: 179.
• Material of the unavailable names Leptogenys diminuta fruhstorferi amboinensis, Leptogenys diminuta fruhstorferi huruensis referred here by Wilson, 1958c: 118; Bolton, 1995b: 231.

Junior synonyms

• Leptogenys diminuta bismarckensis Forel, 1901
• Leptogenys diminuta deceptrix Forel, 1901
• Leptogenys diminuta palliseri Forel, 1900
• Leptogenys diminuta santschii Mann, 1919
• Leptogenys diminuta sarasinorum Forel, 1900
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptogenys sarasinorum
• Leptogenys diminuta stitzi Viehmeyer, 1924
• Leptogenys diminuta striatula Emery, 1895
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptogenys striatula
• Leptogenys diminuta woodmasoni (Forel, 1886)
  Obsolete combination(s): Lobopelta woodmasoni
• Leptogenys diminuta yarrabahna Forel, 1915
• Leptogenys ferox (Smith, 1865)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera ferox
• Leptogenys hodgsoni Forel, 1900
  Obsolete combination(s): Leptogenys diminuta hodgsoni
• Leptogenys simillima (Smith, 1860)
  Obsolete combination(s): Ponera simillima

Obsolete combinations

• Lobopelta diminuta
• Ponera diminuta

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