• Emery, 1914a: 181 (m.); Forel, 1915b: 75 (m.)
• Combination in Aphaenogaster: Emery, 1914a: 181.
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma): Forel, 1915b: 75.
• Subspecies of Aphaenogaster longiceps: Emery, 1914a: 181; Viehmeyer, 1924c: 311
• Status as species: Forel, 1915b: 75
• Junior synonym of Aphaenogaster longiceps: Wheeler, 1916n: 217; Emery, 1921c: 61; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 54; Taylor, 1987a: 8; Bolton, 1995b: 72; Shattuck, 2008a: 33.

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster longiceps ruginota
• Stenamma longiceps ruginota

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1914a. Formiche d'Australia e di Samoa raccolte dal Prof. Silvestri nel 1913. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:179-186. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Forel, A. 1902j. Fourmis nouvelles d'Australie. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 10:405-548. PDF
• Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Arkiv för Zoologi 9(16):1-119. PDF
• Shattuck, S. O. 2008a. Australian ants of the genus Aphaenogaster (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1677:25-45. PDF
• Taylor, R. W. 1987a. A checklist of the ants of Australia, New Caledonia and New Zealand (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization) Division of Entomology Report 41:1-92. PDF
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zoological Catalogue of Australia 2:1-149, 306-348.
• Viehmeyer, H. 1924c. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. (Fortsetzung). Entomologische Mitteilungen. Berlin-Dahlem 13:310-319. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1916n. The Australian ants of the genus Aphaenogaster Mayr. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 40:213-223. PDF