Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma) quadrispina subsp. wheeleri Donisthorpe, 1938b: 31 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Papua New Guinea). Australasia.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 12 syntype workers. Primary type locality: 10 workers Papua New Guinea: Kokoda, 1200 ft, iv.1933 (L.E. Cheesman), 1 worker with same data but viii.1933, 1 worker with same data but x.1933. Primary type depositories: BMNH, USNM.