• Replacement name for Aphaenogaster silvestrii Wheeler, 1929h. [Junior primary homonym of Aphaenogaster silvestrii Menozzi, 1929c.]
• Status as species: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 132; Brown, 1954d: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 70; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 114; Lin & Wu, 2003: 64; Terayama, 2009: 164; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 40.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster funkikoensis (unnecessary third replacement name): Brown, 1954d: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 70; Terayama, 2009: 164.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster phillipi (unnecessary second replacement name): Brown, 1954d: 10; Bolton, 1995b: 70.

Junior synonyms

• Aphaenogaster funkikoensis Creighton, 1950
• Aphaenogaster phillipi Menozzi, 1932

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1954d. The synonymy of the ant Aphaenogaster lepida Wheeler. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 30:10. PDF
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
• Lin, C.-C.; Wu, W.-J. 2003. The ant fauna of Taiwan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with keys to subfamilies and genera. [In Chinese.]. Guoli Taiwan Bowuguan Niankan 46:5-69.
• Terayama, M. 2009. A synopsis of the family Formicidae of Taiwan (Insecta: Hymenoptera). Research Bulletin of Kanto Gakuen University. Liberal Arts 17:81-266. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1930b. Formosan ants collected by Dr. R. Takahashi. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 11:93-106. PDF
• Wu, J.; Wang, C. 1995a. The ants of China. [In Chinese.]. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, x + 214 pp.