Aphaenogaster fulva var. rudis Wesson & Wesson, 1940: 94 (w.q.) U.S.A. (Virginia). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: U.S.A.: Virginia (no collector’s name) (invalid restriction of type locality by Creighton, 1950a: 148; no lectotype designated), U.S.A.: Washington, D.C. (no collector’s name), U.S.A.: North Carolina (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MSNG. Type notes: Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 389, cite 36 worker syntypes, no queens.