• [Aphaenogaster subterranea striola subterraneosplendida Emery & Forel, 1879. Nomen nudum.]
• [Aphaenogaster splendida var. subterraneosplendida André, 1881c: 75 (in text). Nomen nudum.]
• Emery, 1884: 381 (q.)
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1891c: 8.
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster subterranea: Dalla Torre, 1893: 107.
• Junior synonym of Aphaenogaster sicula: Emery, 1908d: 331; Emery, 1916a: 130; Bolton, 1995b: 73; Alicata & Schifani, 2019: 7.
• [Note: seniority of the synonyms is incorrect. Emery, 1908d: 331 (footnote), explained that Aphaenogaster subterraneosplendida André, 1883b and Aphaenogaster sicula Emery, 1908d were the same taxon. As André, 1883b: 359, made Aphaenogaster subterraneosplendida André, 1883b available long before the establishment of Aphaenogaster sicula Emery, 1908d, the former has priority and is the first available name, and Aphaenogaster sicula Emery, 1908d is its junior synonym.]
• Status as species: Emery, 1884: 381; Schifani & Alicata, 2023: 68.
• Senior synonym of Aphaenogaster sicula: Schifani & Alicata, 2023: 68.

Junior synonyms

• Aphaenogaster sicula Emery, 1908
  Obsolete combination(s): Aphaenogaster crocea sicula

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster subterranea subterraneosplendida

Citations

• Alicata, A.; Schifani, E. 2019. Three endemic Aphaenogaster from the Siculo-Maltese archipelago and the Italian peninsula: Part of a hitherto unrecognized species group from the Maghreb? (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 59:1-16. 10.2478/aemnp-2019-0001 PDF
• André, Ern. 1881c. Catalogue raisonné des Formicides provenant du voyage en Orient de M. Abeille de Perrin et description des espèces nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6)1:53-78. PDF
• André, Ern. 1883b. Les fourmis. [concl.]. Pp. 345-404 in: André, Edm. 1883. 1881-1886. Species des Hyménoptères d'Europe et d'Algérie. Tome Deuxième. Beaune: Edmond André, 919 + 48 pp.
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1884. Materiali per lo studio della fauna Tunisina raccolti da G. e L. Doria. III. Rassegna delle formiche della Tunisia. Dummy reference. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 21[=(2)1]:373-386.
• Emery, C. 1891c. Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. Zoologie. - Hyménoptères. Révision critique des fourmis de la Tunisie. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, iii + 21 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1908d. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) (Fortsetzung.) III. Die mit Aphaenogaster verwandte Gattungengruppe. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1908:305-338. PDF
• Emery, C. 1916a ("1915"). Fauna entomologica italiana. I. Hymenoptera.-Formicidae. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 47:79-275. PDF
• Schifani, E.; Alicata, A. 2023. Nomenclatural changes on some Mediterranean Aphaenogaster Mayr, 1853 taxa (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zootaxa 5277 (1):59-70. 10.11646/zootaxa.5277.1.2 PDF