• Wheeler, 1928d: 102 (q.)
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921c: 60
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster syriaca: Emery, 1921c: 60.
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster smythiesii: Wheeler, 1928d: 101; Morisita, 1945: 22; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 133; Azuma, 1955: 79; Onoyama, 1980a: 197; Nishizono & Yamane, 1990: 34; Ogata, 1991b: 86; Morisita et al., 1992: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 70.
• Status as species: Azuma, 1977a: 113; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 114; Yamane, 1996: 111; Park & Kim, 2000a: 108; Zhou, 2001a: 145; Zhang & Zheng, 2002: 219; Imai et al., 2003: 179; Radchenko, 2005b: 133; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 40.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster sinensis: Wu & Wang, 1995a: 114; Zhou, 2001a: 145; Radchenko, 2005b: 133.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster verecunda: Yamane, 1996: 111.

Junior synonyms

• Aphaenogaster sinensis Wheeler, 1928
  Obsolete combination(s): Aphaenogaster smythiesii sinensis
• Aphaenogaster verecunda Wheeler, 1928

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster schmitzi japonica

Citations

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