• [Misspelled as subterranoides by Forel, 1890b: lxxi (in text).]
• Santschi, 1939c: 5 (q.)
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921c: 59.
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1898c: 139; Ruzsky, 1905b: 720; Emery, 1908d: 334.
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster subterranea striola: Forel, 1890b: lxxi; Dalla Torre, 1893: 105.
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster gibbosa: Karavaiev, 1912a: 5.
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster pallida: André, 1883b: 358; Dalla Torre, 1893: 103; Emery, 1915a: 258; Emery, 1916a: 130; Santschi, 1919e: 245; Emery, 1921c: 59; Müller, 1923b: 53; Finzi, 1930a: 153; Finzi, 1930d: 312; Santschi, 1932f: 344; Zimmermann, 1935: 12; Menozzi, 1936b: 270; Santschi, 1939c: 5; Ceballos, 1956: 298; Arnol'di, 1968b: 1806.
• Junior synonym of Aphaenogaster pallida: Bernard, 1967a: 134.
• Status as species: Bondroit, 1918: 159; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 59; Arnol'di, 1976b: 1023 (in key); Collingwood, 1978: 79 (in key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 536 (in key); Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 54; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 270 (in key); Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 41; Collingwood, 1993b: 194; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Espadaler, 1997g: 29; Bračko, 2006: 135; Karaman, 2011b: 20; Legakis, 2011: 8; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 469; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 17; Borowiec & Salata, 2013: 337; Borowiec, 2014: 19 (see note in bibliography); Bračko et al., 2014: 13; Lebas et al., 2016: 260; Radchenko, 2016: 167; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 43; Schifani & Alicata, 2023: 67; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 107 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster subterraneoides armeniaca: Schifani & Alicata, 2023: 67; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 107.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster pallida cypriotes: Emery, 1915a: 258; Emery, 1916a: 130; Emery, 1921c: 59; Finzi, 1930a: 153; Santschi, 1932f: 344; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 536 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 73; Petrov, 2006: 91 (in key); Karaman, 2011b: 20; Legakis, 2011: 8; Radchenko, 2016: 167; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 107.

Junior synonyms

• Aphaenogaster pallida cypriotes Emery, 1908
• Aphaenogaster subterraneoides armeniaca Arnol'di, 1968
  Obsolete combination(s): Aphaenogaster pallida armeniaca

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster pallida subterraneoides
• Aphaenogaster striola subterraneoides

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