• Status as species: Weber, 1945: 39; Weber, 1946c: 133; Weber, 1958d: 243; Kempf, 1970b: 336; Kempf, 1972b: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 74; Lattke, 1997: 138 (redescription); Guénard & Economo, 2015: 227; Fernández & Serna, 2019: 838.
• Senior synonym of Apterostigma billi: Lattke, 1997: 139.
• Senior synonym of Apterostigma auriculatum demerarae: Weber, 1958d: 243; Kempf, 1972b: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 74; Lattke, 1997: 139.
• Senior synonym of Apterostigma auriculatum icta: Lattke, 1997: 139.
• Senior synonym of Apterostigma immobile: Weber, 1958d: 243; Kempf, 1972b: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 74; Lattke, 1997: 139.
• Senior synonym of Apterostigma auriculatum petiolatum: Lattke, 1997: 139.

Junior synonyms

• Apterostigma auriculatum demerarae Wheeler, 1925
• Apterostigma auriculatum icta Weber, 1937
  Obsolete combination(s): Apterostigma wasmannii icta
• Apterostigma auriculatum petiolatum Weber, 1938
  Obsolete combination(s): Apterostigma wasmannii petiolatum
• Apterostigma billi Weber, 1938
• Apterostigma immobile Weber, 1940

Citations

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• Fernández, F.; Serna, F. J. 2019. Subfamilia Myrmicinae. Capítulo 27. Pp. 791-888 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
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• Kempf, W. W. 1970b. Levantamento das formigas da Mata Amazônica, nos Arredores de Belém do Pará, Brasil. Studia Entomologica 13:321-344. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Lattke, J. E. 1997. Revisión del género Apterostigma Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arquivos do Instituto Biológico (São Paulo) 34:121-221. PDF
• Ulysséa, M. A.; Santos, S.; Moleiro, H. P.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Camacho, G. P. 2025. The MZSP Ant Type Collection: a complete catalogue and digital resource for global access. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3):blaf034, 17 pp. [online early] 10.1093/biolinnean/blaf034 PDF
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• Weber, N. A. 1958d. Synonymies and types of Apterostigma (Hym: Formicidae). Entomological News 69:243-251. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1925a. Neotropical ants in the collections of the Royal Museum of Stockholm. Arkiv för Zoologi 17A(8):1-55. PDF