Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Aphaenogaster sardous Mayr, 1853c PDF: 107 (w.) ITALY. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
André, 1883b: 369 (q.); Santschi, 1911i PDF: 284 (m.).Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster sardoa longispina: Finzi, 1930a PDF: 156.See also: Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 41.