• [Misspelled as famelias by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 135.]
• Wheeler, 1928d: 102 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953b: 60 (l.); Imai, 1966b: 131 (k.)
• Combination in Aphaenogaster: Mayr, 1879: 669; Forel, 1900h: 267; Emery, 1908d: 324.
• Combination in Stenamma (Ischnomyrmex): Forel, 1901m: 61.
• Combination in Stenamma (Aphaenogaster): Wheeler, 1906h: 315.
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921c: 57.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1879: 669 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 102; Forel, 1900h: 267; Forel, 1901m: 61; Wheeler, 1906h: 315; Emery, 1908d: 324; Yano, 1910a: 420; Emery, 1921c: 57; Wheeler, 1927d: 2; Wheeler, 1928d: 102; Wheeler, 1930k: 62; Morisita, 1945: 22; Azuma, 1951: 87; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 131, 135; Azuma, 1953: 2; Azuma, 1955: 79; Imai, 1971: 137; Azuma, 1977a: 113; Onoyama, 1980a: 197; Collingwood, 1981: 26; Nishizono & Yamane, 1990: 26; Ogata, 1991b: 85; Morisita et al., 1992: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 69; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 115; Yamane, 1996: 113; Park & Kim, 2000a: 108 (in key); Imai et al., 2003: 180; Eguchi, 2003: 340; Radchenko, 2005b: 133; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 39.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster famelica frontosa: Yamane, 1996: 113.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster ruida: Yamane, 1996: 113.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster vapida: Yamane, 1996: 113.

Junior synonyms

• Aphaenogaster famelica frontosa Wheeler, 1928
• Aphaenogaster ruida Wheeler, 1928
  Obsolete combination(s): Aphaenogaster famelica ruida
• Aphaenogaster vapida Wheeler, 1928

Obsolete combinations

• Ischnomyrmex famelicus

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