• [First available use of Aphaenogaster pallida subterraneoides dulcineae Santschi, 1919e; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
• Santschi, 1932f: 344 (q.)
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Menozzi, 1922c: 325; Finzi, 1930a: 154; Santschi, 1932f: 344.
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster subterranea: Donisthorpe, 1926a: 6.
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster pallida: Ceballos, 1956: 298; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 53
• Status as species: Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 59; Collingwood, 1978: 79 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 69; Poldi et al., 1995: 3; Espadaler, 1997g: 29; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 13 (in key); Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 486; Borowiec, 2014: 11; Lebas et al., 2016: 260; Gómez et al., 2018: 221 (in key); Arcos et al., 2022: 11.

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster pallida dulcineae

Citations

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• Finzi, B. 1930a. Contributo allo studio degli Aphaenogaster paleartici (Formicidae-Myrmicinae). Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 62:151-156. PDF
• Gómez, K.; Martínez, D.; Espadaler, X. 2018. Phylogeny of the ant genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Iberian Peninsula, with the description of a new species. Sociobiology 65:215-224. 10.13102/sociobiology.v65i2.2099 PDF
• Lebas, C.; Galkowski, C.; Blatrix, R.; Wegnez, P. 2016. Guide Delachaux: Fourmis d’Europe occidentale. Luçon: Delachaux et Niestlé, 415 pp.
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• Poldi, B.; Mei, M.; Rigato, F. 1995 ("1994"). Hymenoptera Formicidae. Checklist delle Specie della Fauna Italiana 102:1-10.
• Santschi, F. 1932f. Études sur quelques Attomyrma paléarctiques. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 15:338-346. PDF