• Wheeler, 1929g: 2 (q.m.)
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster smythiesii: Wheeler, 1929g: 2; Wheeler, 1930k: 62; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 133; Tang et al., 1995: 52.
• Status as species: Arnol'di, 1976b: 1022; Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 119; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 40 (error).
• Junior synonym of Aphaenogaster japonica: Wu & Wang, 1995a: 114; Zhou, 2001a: 145; Radchenko, 2005b: 133.

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster smythiesii sinensis

Citations

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1976b. Review of the genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the USSR. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 55:1019-1026. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
• Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
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• Radchenko, A. 2005b. Monographic revision of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of North Korea. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 55:127-221. PDF
• Tang, J.; Li, S.; Huang, E.; Zhang, B.; Chen, Y. 1995. Economic insect fauna of China. Fasc. 47. Hymenoptera: Formicidae (1). [In Chinese.]. Beijing: Academy of Science Publishing House, ix + 134 pp.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1928c. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 22:3-38. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1929g. Some ants from China and Manchuria. American Museum Novitates 361:1-11. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1930k. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Natural History Bulletin 5:53-81. PDF
• Wu, J.; Wang, C. 1995a. The ants of China. [In Chinese.]. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, x + 214 pp.
• Zhou, S. 2001a. Ants of Guangxi. [In Chinese.]. Guilin, China: Guangxi Normal University Press, 255 pp. PDF