• Lectotype designation: Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 346.
• Wheeler, 1934f: 133 (m.); Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 348 (q.).
• Combination in Stenamma (Aphaenogaster): Emery, 1895d: 302.
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921c: 59.
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster subterranea: Emery, 1895d: 302
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 103; Forel, 1899b: 58; Wheeler, 1904e: 270; Wheeler, 1910a: 565; Wheeler, 1917a: 516; Emery, 1921c: 59; Wheeler, 1934f: 132; Wheeler, 1935g: 17; Creighton, 1950a: 146; Smith, 1958c: 117; Smith, 1979: 1362; Bolton, 1995b: 71; Ward, 2005: 31; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 346 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster patruelis bakeri: Smith, 1979: 1362; Bolton, 1995b: 71; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 346.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster patruelis willowsi: Creighton, 1950a: 146; Smith, 1958c: 117; Smith, 1979: 1360; Bolton, 1995b: 71; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 346.

Junior synonyms

• Aphaenogaster patruelis bakeri (Wheeler, 1904)
  Obsolete combination(s): Stenamma patruele bakeri
• Aphaenogaster patruelis willowsi Wheeler, 1933

Obsolete combinations

• Stenamma patruele

Citations

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• Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
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• Wheeler, W. M. 1935g. Check list of the ants of Oceania. Occasional Papers of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum 11(11):1-56.