• [Misspelled as aspera by Santschi, 1919f: 51.]
• Emery, 1905f: 49 (w.m.).
• Combination in Atta: Roger, 1863b: 35.
• Combination in Atta (Acromyrmex): Forel, 1893h: 590.
• Combination in Acromyrmex: Gallardo, 1916e: 328.
• Junior synonym of Acromyrmex octospinosus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 153; Forel, 1893h: 590; Forel, 1899b: 34; Santschi, 1913h: 41.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 35; Mayr, 1863a: 437; Emery, 1905f: 48; Emery, 1906c: 165; Forel, 1911e: 292; Mann, 1916: 454; Gallardo, 1916e: 328; Luederwaldt, 1918: 38; Santschi, 1919f: 51; Emery, 1924f: 348; Santschi, 1925a: 391 (in key); Santschi, 1925d: 242; Borgmeier, 1927c: 129; Bruch, 1928: 346; Weber, 1938b: 205; Kusnezov, 1956a: 35 (in key); Gonçalves, 1961: 132; Kempf, 1972b: 11; Cherrett & Cherrett, 1989: 50; Bolton, 1995b: 54; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 114; Fernández et al., 2015: 43 (redescription); Fernández & Serna, 2019: 833.
• Senior synonym of Acromyrmex aspersus affinis: Gonçalves, 1961: 132; Kempf, 1972b: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 54; Fernández et al., 2015: 43.
• Senior synonym of Acromyrmex aspersus fuhrmanni: Fernández et al., 2015: 43.
• Senior synonym of Acromyrmex aspersus inquirens: Gonçalves, 1961: 132; Kempf, 1972b: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 54; Fernández et al., 2015: 43.
• Senior synonym of Acromyrmex aspersus mesonotalis: Gonçalves, 1961: 132; Kempf, 1972b: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 54; Fernández et al., 2015: 43.
• Material of the unavailable name Acromyrmex aspersus mesonotalis clarus referred here by Gonçalves, 1961: 132; Kempf, 1972b: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 54.

Junior synonyms

• Acromyrmex aspersus affinis Santschi, 1925
• Acromyrmex aspersus fuhrmanni (Forel, 1914)
  Obsolete combination(s): Atta mesonotalis fuhrmanni
• Acromyrmex aspersus inquirens (Forel, 1914)
  Obsolete combination(s): Acromyrmex mesonotalis inquirens, Atta mesonotalis inquirens
• Acromyrmex aspersus mesonotalis (Emery, 1905)
  Obsolete combination(s): Acromyrmex mesonotalis, Atta mesonotalis

Obsolete combinations

• Atta aspersa
• Oecodoma aspersa

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