Taxonomic history
Lectotype designation: Arimoto & Yamane, 2018 10.20362/am.010008 PDF: 20.[Misspelled as chalybea by Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 32.].Combination in Leptogenys (Lobopelta): Emery, 1911e PDF: 102.Arimoto & Yamane, 2018 10.20362/am.010008 PDF: 21 (ergatoid q.).Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 44; Emery, 1911e PDF: 102; Wheeler, 1919f PDF: 57; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 32; Bolton, 1995b: 230; Jaitrong & Nabhitabhata, 2005 PDF: 24; Bakhtiar & Chiang, 2011 PDF: 47 (in key); Pfeiffer et al., 2011 PDF: 56; Arimoto & Yamane, 2018 10.20362/am.010008 PDF: 20 (redescription).