Aphaenogaster minutula Watanabe & Yamane, 1999: 732, figs. 2, 6, 14 (w.q.) JAPAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Japan: Ryukyu Is, Amami-oshima, Sato-rindo, 31.v.1991 [colony 91087] (H. Watanabe). Type depository: none stated (perhaps NIAS, OIST, SKYC, perhaps also KUIC, MNHA, UTKC). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 58 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Type depository: none stated (perhaps NIAS, OIST, SKYC, perhaps also KUIC, MNHA, UTKC).