• Combination in Novomessor (Novomessor): Emery, 1921c: 67.
• Combination in Veromessor: Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 384; Kempf, 1972b: 257.
• Combination in Aphaenogaster: Bolton, 1995b: 69.
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster relicta: Emery, 1921c: 67; Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 384; Wheeler, 1936c: 198; Enzmann, 1947b: 151 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 257; Bolton, 1995b: 69; Lubertazzi, 2019: 75 (error).
• Junior synonym of Aphaenogaster relicta: Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 375

Citations

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