Taxonomic history
Emery, 1878: 53 (m.); André, 1883b: 370 (q.).Combination in Atta: Roger, 1859 PDF: 256.Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b PDF: 29.Junior synonym of Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa: Mayr, 1861 PDF: 66 (in key); Mayr, 1863a PDF: 397; Dours, 1873 PDF: 167.Subspecies of Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa: Emery, 1878: 53 (footnote); Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 462; André, 1883b: 362; Emery, 1893m PDF: 107 (footnote); Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 27; Ruzsky, 1905b: 722; Emery, 1908d PDF: 319; Forel, 1910a PDF: 24; Forel, 1911f PDF: 346; Karavaiev, 1912a PDF: 4; Emery, 1915a: 256; Emery, 1916a PDF: 131; Menozzi, 1921 PDF: 26; Emery, 1921c PDF: 63; Soudek, 1925b PDF: 14; Kutter, 1927a PDF: 98; Finzi, 1930d PDF: 312; Grandi, 1935 PDF: 99; Zimmermann, 1935 PDF: 14; Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1059.Status as species: Roger, 1859 PDF: 256; Roger, 1863b PDF: 29; Forel, 1886e PDF: clxviii; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 104; Santschi, 1933d PDF: 390; Baroni Urbani, 1964b PDF: 28; Baroni Urbani, 1964c PDF: 150; Baroni Urbani, 1968e PDF: 422; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 42; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 269 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 72; Poldi et al., 1995: 3; Petrov, 2006 PDF: 90 (in key); Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 137; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 7; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 466; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 17; Boer, 2013 PDF: 80 (redescription); Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 17; Lebas et al., 2016: 250.
