• Lectotype designation: Zięcina et al., 2024: 247.
• Combination in Aphaenogaster: Emery, 1908d: 328
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921c: 58.
• Status as species: Emery, 1908d: 328; Emery, 1921c: 58; Finzi, 1930a: 154; Aktaç, 1977: 120; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 53; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 270 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 70; Petrov, 2006: 90 (in key); Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 16; Borowiec, 2014: 13; Zięcina et al., 2024: 247 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

• Stenamma subterraneum holtzi

Citations

• Agosti, D.; Collingwood, C. A. 1987a. A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) and a key to the worker caste. I. Synonymic list. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 60:51-62. PDF
• Agosti, D.; Collingwood, C. A. 1987b. A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) with a key to the worker caste. II. Key to the worker caste, including the European species without the Iberian. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 60:261-293. PDF
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• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
• Emery, C. 1898c. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der palaearktischen Ameisen. Öfversigt af Finska Vetenskaps-Societetens Förhandlingar 20:124-151. PDF
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• Zięcina, D.; Menchetti, M.; Borowiec, L.; Bračko, G.; Lapeva-Gjonova, A.; Vila, R.; Salata, S. 2024. Taxonomic revision of the Aphaenogaster subterranea species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 74 (2):237-282. 10.3161/00034541ANZ2024.74.2.002 PDF