• Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 411 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953b: 61 (l.).
• Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 30.
• Combination in Stenamma (Aphaenogaster): Emery, 1895d: 301.
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921c: 60.
• Status as species: Roger, 1863b: 30; Mayr, 1863a: 397; Forel, 1886b: xli; Mayr, 1886d: 443 (in key); Cresson, 1887: 260; Dalla Torre, 1893: 107; Emery, 1895d: 301; Wheeler, 1904f: 303; Wheeler, 1905j: 382; Wheeler, 1906g: 4; Wheeler, 1910a: 565; Wheeler, 1913d: 114; Wheeler, 1916r: 586; Wheeler, 1917k: 461; Emery, 1921c: 60; Menozzi, 1932b: 311; Smith, 1932: 160; Dennis, 1938: 287; Wesson & Wesson, 1940: 94; Buren, 1944a: 285; Creighton, 1950a: 151; Smith, 1951c: 797; Smith, 1958c: 118; Carter, 1962a: 6 (in list); Kutter, 1968c: 203; Francoeur, 1977b: 207; Smith, 1979: 1362; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 137; Deyrup et al., 1989: 95; Wheeler et al., 1994: 302; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Deyrup, 2003: 44; Coovert, 2005: 50; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 71; Ellison et al., 2012: 232; Deyrup, 2017: 51; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 407 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster tennesseensis ecalcaratum: Creighton, 1950a: 151; Smith, 1958c: 118; Smith, 1979: 1363; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 407.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster laevis: Mayr, 1886d: 446; Dalla Torre, 1893: 107; Emery, 1895d: 301; Emery, 1921c: 60; Smith, 1951c: 796; Smith, 1979: 1362; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Coovert, 2005: 50; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 407.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster subrubra: Mayr, 1886c: 365; Dalla Torre, 1893: 107; Emery, 1895d: 301; Wheeler, 1902g: 26; Emery, 1921c: 60; Creighton, 1950a: 151; Smith, 1951c: 796; Smith, 1979: 1363; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 407.

Junior synonyms

• Aphaenogaster laevis (Mayr, 1862)
  Obsolete combination(s): Atta laevis
• Aphaenogaster subrubra (Buckley, 1867)
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica subrubra
• Aphaenogaster tennesseensis ecalcaratum (Emery, 1895)
  Obsolete combination(s): Stenamma tennesseense ecalcaratum

Obsolete combinations

• Atta tennesseensis
• Stenamma tennesseense

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