• Mayr, 1876: 98 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1972b: 238 (l.); Imai et al., 1977: 348 (k.).
• Combination in Aphaenogaster: Mayr, 1876: 98.
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex): Emery, 1888: 532 (footnote).
• Combination in Stenamma (Ischnomyrmex): Forel, 1899a: 118.
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Forel, 1913h: 187.
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Nystalomyrma): Wheeler, 1916n: 216; Emery, 1921c: 61.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 433; Lowne, 1865b: 334; Mayr, 1876: 98; Mayr, 1877a: 20 (in list); Emery, 1888: 532 (footnote key); Dalla Torre, 1893: 103; Forel, 1899a: 118; Forel, 1902j: 439; Forel, 1907j: 284; Forel, 1913h: 187; Forel, 1915b: 76; Emery, 1915k: 71; Wheeler, 1916n: 216 (redescription); Emery, 1921c: 61; Crawley, 1922e: 19 (redescription); Clark, 1929b: 121; Clark, 1934c: 58; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 54; Taylor, 1987a: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 70; Shattuck, 2008a: 33 (redescription); Mohanraj et al., 2010: 6 (error); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 40 (error); Bharti et al., 2016: 33 (error).
• [Note: the entries by Mohanraj et al., 2010: 6; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 40; Bharti et al., 2016, are most probably misidentifications as Shattuck, 2008a: 33, restricts the distribution of Aphaenogaster longiceps to eastern and south-southern Australia.]
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster longiceps flava: Shattuck, 2008a: 33.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster ruginota: Wheeler, 1916n: 217; Emery, 1921c: 61; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 54; Taylor, 1987a: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 70; Shattuck, 2008a: 33.

Junior synonyms

• Aphaenogaster longiceps flava Emery, 1921
• Aphaenogaster ruginota (Forel, 1902)
  Obsolete combination(s): Stenamma longiceps ruginota, Aphaenogaster longiceps ruginota

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica longiceps
• Stenamma longiceps

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