• Mayr, 1886d: 445 (q.m.)
• Combination in Stenamma (Aphaenogaster): Emery, 1895d: 303
• Combination in Aphaenogaster: Mayr, 1863a: 458; Wheeler, 1913d: 114.
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921c: 57
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 30; Mayr, 1863a: 458; Mayr, 1886d: 443 (in key); Cresson, 1887: 260; Dalla Torre, 1893: 102; Emery, 1895d: 303; Forel, 1901m: 82; Wheeler, 1904f: 303; Wheeler, 1905j: 383; Wheeler, 1906g: 5; Wheeler, 1910a: 565; Wheeler, 1913d: 114; Wheeler, 1916r: 586; Wheeler, 1917k: 461; Emery, 1921c: 57; Dennis, 1938: 285; Wesson & Wesson, 1940: 93; Enzmann, 1947b: 151 (in key); Brown, 1949a: 49; Creighton, 1950a: 143; Smith, 1951c: 796; Smith, 1958c: 117; Carter, 1962a: 6 (in list); Smith, 1967a: 352; Smith, 1979: 1361; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 137; Deyrup et al., 1989: 95; Wheeler et al., 1994: 302; Bolton, 1995b: 69; Umphrey, 1996: 557 (in key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 74; Deyrup, 2003: 44; Coovert, 2005: 46; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 71; Ellison et al., 2012: 228; Shattuck & Cover, 2016: 13; Deyrup, 2017: 48; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 253 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster aquia: Shattuck & Cover, 2016: 13; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 253.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster fulva rubida: Brown, 1949a: 49; Creighton, 1950a: 144; Smith, 1951c: 796; Smith, 1979: 1361; Bolton, 1995b: 69; Coovert, 2005: 46; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 254.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster pusilla: Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 254

Junior synonyms

• Aphaenogaster aquia (Buckley, 1867)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica aquia, Stenamma fulvum aquia
• Aphaenogaster fulva rubida Enzmann, 1947
• Aphaenogaster pusilla Enzmann, 1947
  Obsolete combination(s): Aphaenogaster fulva pusilla

Obsolete combinations

• Stenamma fulvum

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