Aphaenogaster texana subsp. punctithorax Cole, 1938a: 239, fig. 2 (w.) U.S.A. (Tennessee). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Tennessee, Great Smoky Mts Nat. Park, Gregory’s Bald (3500 ft), 19.x.1937, no. C-T-2186 (A.C. Cole). Primary type depository: USNM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: LACM, USNM.