• Lectotype designation: Alicata & Schifani, 2019: 7.
• Alicata & Schifani, 2019: 7 (m.).
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921c: 57
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster crocea: Emery, 1916a: 130; Emery, 1921c: 57; Kutter, 1927a: 98; Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 29; Baroni Urbani, 1968e: 417; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 48.
• Status as species: Schembri & Collingwood, 1981: 423; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 270 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 72; Poldi et al., 1995: 3; Petrov, 2006: 91 (in key); Karaman, 2011b: 19; Borowiec, 2014: 18; Lebas et al., 2016: 264; Alicata & Schifani, 2019: 7 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster subterraneosplendida: Emery, 1908d: 331; Emery, 1916a: 130; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Alicata & Schifani, 2019: 7.
• [Note: seniority of the synonyms is incorrect. Emery, 1908d: 331 (footnote), explained that Aphaenogaster subterraneosplendida André, 1883b and Aphaenogaster sicula Emery, 1908d were the same taxon. As André, 1883b: 359, made Aphaenogaster subterraneosplendida André, 1883b available long before the establishment of Aphaenogaster sicula Emery, 1908d, the former has priority and is the first available name, and Aphaenogaster sicula Emery, 1908d is its junior synonym.]
• Junior synonym of Aphaenogaster subterraneosplendida: Schifani & Alicata, 2023: 68.

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster crocea sicula

Citations

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