Taxonomic history
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953b PDF: 61 (l.).Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921c PDF: 60.Status as species: Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 21.Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster subterranea valida: Shattuck & Cover, 2016 10.11646/zootaxa.4175.1.2 PDF: 13.Material of the unavailable name Aphaenogaster manni referred here: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 150.Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster subterranea borealis: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 150.