• [Misspelled as osimensis by Imai, 1971: 139, and others.]
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster famelica: Onoyama, 1980a: 197
• Status as species: Imai, 1971: 139; Nishizono & Yamane, 1990: 31; Ogata, 1991b: 86; Morisita et al., 1992: 17; Bolton, 1995b: 71; Imai et al., 2003: 179; Clouse, 2007b: 239.

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster famelica osimenseis

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Ogata, K. 1991b. A generic synopsis of the poneroid complex of the family Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Part II. Subfamily Myrmicinae. Bulletin of the Institute of Tropical Agriculture Kyushu University 14:61-149. PDF
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