Taxonomic history
Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 411 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953b PDF: 61 (l.).Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b PDF: 30.Combination in Stenamma (Aphaenogaster): Emery, 1895d PDF: 301.Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921c PDF: 60.Status as species: Roger, 1863b PDF: 30; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 397; Forel, 1886b PDF: xli; Mayr, 1886d PDF: 443 (in key); Cresson, 1887 PDF: 260; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 107; Emery, 1895d PDF: 301; Wheeler, 1904f PDF: 303; Wheeler, 1905j PDF: 382; Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 4; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 565; Wheeler, 1913d PDF: 114; Wheeler, 1916r: 586; Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 461; Emery, 1921c PDF: 60; Menozzi, 1932b PDF: 311; Smith, 1932 PDF: 160; Dennis, 1938 PDF: 287; Wesson & Wesson, 1940 PDF: 94; Buren, 1944a PDF: 285; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 151; Smith, 1951c PDF: 797; Smith, 1958c PDF: 118; Carter, 1962a PDF: 6 (in list); Kutter, 1968c: 203; Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 207; Smith, 1979: 1362; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 137; Deyrup et al., 1989 PDF: 95; Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 302; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Deyrup, 2003 PDF: 44; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 50; MacGown & Forster, 2005 PDF: 71; Ellison et al., 2012: 232; Deyrup, 2017: 51; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 407 (redescription).Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster tennesseensis ecalcaratum: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 151; Smith, 1958c PDF: 118; Smith, 1979: 1363; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 407.Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster laevis: Mayr, 1886d PDF: 446; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 107; Emery, 1895d PDF: 301; Emery, 1921c PDF: 60; Smith, 1951c PDF: 796; Smith, 1979: 1362; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 50; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 407.Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster subrubra: Mayr, 1886c PDF: 365; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 107; Emery, 1895d PDF: 301; Wheeler, 1902g PDF: 26; Emery, 1921c PDF: 60; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 151; Smith, 1951c PDF: 796; Smith, 1979: 1363; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 407.
