• Combination in Novomessor: Emery, 1915k: 73.
• Combination in Veromessor: Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 382.
• Combination in Aphaenogaster: Bolton, 1982: 341.
• 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
• 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
• 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.; 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