Taxonomic history
Wheeler & Creighton, 1934 PDF: 350 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953b PDF: 70 (l.).Combination in Stenamma (Aphaenogaster): Emery, 1895d PDF: 306.Combination in Novomessor: Emery, 1915k PDF: 73; Demarco & Cognato, 2015 10.1093/aesa/sau013 PDF: 8.Combination in Aphaenogaster: Brown, 1974b PDF: 47.Status as species: Hölldobler et al., 1976: 32; Hölldobler et al., 1978 PDF: 163; Smith, 1979: 1360; Bolton, 1982 PDF: 340.Senior synonym of Novomessor cockerelli minor Enzmann, 1947: Brown, 1949a PDF: 49.
