• Combination in Novomessor: Emery, 1915k: 73; Enzmann, 1947b: 151.
• Combination in Novomessor (Novomessor): Emery, 1921c: 67.
• Combination in Veromessor: Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 382; Kempf, 1972b: 257.
• Combination in Aphaenogaster: Bolton, 1982: 341.
• Status as species: Emery, 1915k: 73; Emery, 1921c: 66; Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 382 (redescription); Wheeler, 1936c: 198; Enzmann, 1947b: 151 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 257; Bolton, 1995b: 72; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 375 (redescription); Lubertazzi, 2019: 75.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster relicta epinotalis: Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 375

Junior synonyms

• Aphaenogaster relicta epinotalis Wheeler & Mann, 1914

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 45:307-370. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1915k. Definizione del genere Aphaenogaster e partizione di esso in sottogeneri. Parapheidole e Novomessor nn. gg. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna. Classe di Scienze Fisiche (n.s.)19:67-75. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Enzmann, J. 1947b. New forms of Aphaenogaster and Novomessor. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 55:147-152. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (2):59-210. 10.3099/MCZ-43.1 PDF
• Mackay, W.; Mackay, E. 2017. The New World gypsy ants of the genera Aphaenogaster and Novomessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Mauritius: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 605 pp.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1936c. Ants from Hispaniola and Mona Island. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 80:195-211. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M.; Creighton, W. S. 1934. A study of the ant genera Novomessor and Veromessor. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 69:341-387. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M.; Mann, W. M. 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33:1-61. PDF