Taxonomic history
Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 209 (q.).Combination in Aphaenogaster: Wheeler, 1913d PDF: 114.Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921c PDF: 60.Subspecies of Aphaenogaster treatae: Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 565; Wheeler, 1913d PDF: 114; Emery, 1921c PDF: 60; Smith, 1930a PDF: 4; Wheeler, 1932a PDF: 6; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1934 PDF: 11 (in key); Smith, 1951c PDF: 798.Status as species: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 142; Smith, 1958c PDF: 117; Smith, 1967a PDF: 352; Smith, 1979: 1360; Deyrup et al., 1989 PDF: 94; Bolton, 1995b: 68; Deyrup, 2003 PDF: 44; Coovert, 2005 PDF: 45; Deyrup, 2017: 45; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 208 (redescription).Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster treatae harnedi: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 142.