Aphaenogaster rugulosa Watanabe & Yamane, 1999: 729, fig. 11 (w.q.m.) JAPAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Japan: Ryukyu Is, Yonaguni-jima, Urabu-dake, 28.iv.-14.vi.1991 [colony 91008] (H. Watanabe). Primary type depository: none stated (perhaps NIAS, OIST, SKYC, perhaps also KUIC, MNHA, UTKC). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 30 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen, 13 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: none stated (perhaps NIAS, OIST, SKYC, perhaps also KUIC, MNHA, UTKC).