• Salata et al., 2021: 328 (q.)
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921c: 60
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster syriaca: Emery, 1921c: 60; Menozzi, 1933b: 51; Bolton, 1995b: 72; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 41.
• Status as species: Borowiec & Salata, 2020: 2; Salata et al., 2021: 326 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster schmitzi syria: Salata et al., 2021: 326.

Junior synonyms

• Aphaenogaster schmitzi syria Forel, 1910

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster syriaca schmitzi

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borowiec, L.; Salata, S. 2020. Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Jordan. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum, Entomology 29(002):1-29. 10.5281/zenodo.3733156 PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Forel, A. 1910a. Glanures myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 54:6-32. PDF
• Menozzi, C. 1933b. Le formiche della Palestina. Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 12:49-113. PDF
• Salata, S.; Karaman, C.; Kiran, K.; Borowiec, L. 2021. Review of the Aphaenogaster splendida species-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 71:297-343. 10.3161/00034541ANZ2021.71.2.008 PDF
• Vonshak, M.; Ionescu-Hirsch, A. 2010 ("2009"). A checklist of the ants of Israel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Israel Journal of Entomology 39:33-55. PDF