Mayr, 1855 PDF: 466 (diagnosis);
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 66 (Europe species key, as
Atta);
Mayr, 1865 PDF: 19 (diagnosis);
Mayr, 1867a PDF: 92 (diagnosis);
André, 1874c: 195 (Europe species key);
Forel, 1874 PDF: 74 (Switzerland species key);
André, 1883b: 348 (Europe, Algeria species key);
Mayr, 1886d PDF: 443 (U.S.A. species key);
Emery, 1888: 531 (
Aphaenogaster (Ischnomyrmex) species key);
Nasonov, 1889: 74 (Russia species key);
Forel, 1903a PDF: 693 (India, Sri Lanka species key);
Bingham, 1903 PDF: 270 (India, Sri Lanka, Burma species key);
Ruzsky, 1905b: 714 (Russian Empire species key);
Emery, 1908d PDF: 310 (Palaearctic species key);
Bondroit, 1910 PDF: 495 (Belgium species key);
Emery, 1916a PDF: 132 (Italy species key);
Wheeler, 1916r: 585 (U.S.A., Connecticut species key);
Wheeler, 1916n PDF: 213 (Australia species);
Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 156 (France, Belgium species key);
Emery, 1921c PDF: 55 (diagnosis, subgenera key);
Emery, 1921c PDF: 56, 61, 64, 65, 66 (
Aphaenogaster,
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma),
Aphaenogaster (Nystalomyrma),
Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma),
Aphaenogaster (Planimyrma),
Novomessor diagnoses);
Wheeler, 1922: 680 (subgenera key);
Santschi, 1933d PDF: 389 (
Aphaenogaster (Aphaenogaster) taxonomy);
Menozzi, 1939a PDF: 296 (Himalaya, Tibet species key);
Stitz, 1939: 112 (Germany species key);
Kratochvíl, 1941b PDF: 81 (Central Europe species key);
Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 81 (Central Europe species key);
Cole, 1942 PDF: 363 (U.S.A., Utah species key);
Buren, 1944a PDF: 284 (U.S.A., Iowa species key);
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 140 (Nearctic species key);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953b PDF: 54, 63 (larval diagnosis,
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma),
Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma));
Smith, 1961b PDF: 218 (New Guinea species key);
Gregg, 1963: 336 (U.S.A., Colorado species key);
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 128 (diagnosis, Western Europe species key);
Arnol'di, 1976b PDF: 1023 (former U.S.S.R. species key);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977a PDF: 583, 584 (larval diagnosis,
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma),
Aphaenogaster (Deromyrma));
Kutter, 1977c: 77 (Switzerland species key);
Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 536 (former European U.S.S.R. species key);
Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 79 (Iberian Peninsula species key);
Allred, 1982: 439 (U.S.A., Utah species key);
Gösswald, 1985: 298 (Germany species key);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 35 (U.S.A., Nevada species key);
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 269 (Balkans species key);
Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 79 (synoptic classification);
Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 211 (Turkmenistan species key);
Ogata, 1991b PDF: 83 (diagnosis, Japan);
Morisita et al., 1992: 15 (Japan species key);
Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 107 (Bulgaria species key);
Schulz, 1994a PDF: 425 (
Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma), partial key);
Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 29 (Armenia species key);
Bolton, 1994: 106 (synoptic classification);
Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1048 (census);
Wu & Wang, 1995a: 110 (China species key);
Umphrey, 1996 PDF: 557 (North America
Aphaenogaster fulva complex key);
Cagniant, 1996a: 67 (Morocco species key);
Seifert, 1996b: 156 (Central Europe species key);
Dlussky, 1997a PDF: 57 (in Baltic amber genera key);
Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 13 (Portugal species key);
Shattuck, 1999: 126 (Australia synopsis);
Park & Kim, 2000a PDF: 108 (Korea species key);
Zhou, 2001a PDF: 142 (China, Guangxi species key);
Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 60 (U.S.A., New Mexico species key);
Longino & Cover, 2004 PDF: 1 (
Aphaenogaster phalangium complex revision);
Radchenko, 2005b PDF: 192 (North Korea species key);
Seifert, 2007: 144 (North and Central Europe species key);
Shattuck, 2008a PDF: 27 (Australia, all species revision, key);
Terayama, 2009 PDF: 164 (Taiwan species key);
Heterick, 2009 PDF: 144 (south-western Australia species key);
Eguchi et al., 2011 PDF: 11 (diagnosis, Vietnam synopsis);
Kiran & Alipanah, 2013 PDF: 49 (Iran species key);
Cagniant & Galkowski, 2013 PDF: 179 (Morocco species, emended key);
Boer, 2013 PDF: 62, 63 (Europe
Aphaenogaster,
Aphaenogaster testaceopilosa group keys);
Borowiec & Salata, 2014a PDF: 42 (Mediterranean
Aphaenogaster cecconii group revision, key);
Demarco & Cognato, 2015 10.1093/aesa/sau013 PDF: 1 (phylogeny);
Salata & Borowiec, 2016 10.11646/zootaxa.4170.1.13 PDF: 194 (
Aphaenogaster cecconii group key);
Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 197 (diagnosis);
Radchenko, 2016: 166 (Ukraine species key);
Mackay & Dash, 2016 10.3157/061.142.0108 PDF: 3 (
Aphaenogaster phalangium complex key, revision);
Cantone, 2017 PDF: 185 (brief male diagnosis);
Sharaf et al., 2018 10.20362/am.010004 PDF: 17 (Arabia species key);
Salata & Borowiec, 2018a 10.20362/am.010002 PDF: 12 (
Aphaenogaster gibbosa group key);
Gómez et al., 2018 10.13102/sociobiology.v65i2.2099 PDF: 221 (Iberian species key);
Bračko et al., 2019 10.3897/zookeys.862.32946 PDF: 105 (
Aphaenogaster graeca complex key);
Fernández & Serna, 2019 PDF: 799 (Colombia species key);
Jessen, 2020 10.1007/s12549-019-00406-2 PDF: 21 (Oligocene diagnosis);
Csosz et al., 2021 DOI 10.7717/peerj.10900 PDF: 15 (Malagasy, all species revision, key);
Salata et al., 2021 10.3161/00034541ANZ2021.71.2.008 PDF: 300 (
Aphaenogaster splendida species group key);
Schifani et al., 2021 10.13133/2284-4880/482 PDF: 21 (
Aphaenogaster crocea group);
Heterick, 2021 10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245 PDF: 156 (Western Australia species key);
Schifani et al., 2022 10.3897/asp.80.e84428 PDF: 634 (phylogeny, West-Palearctic species groups), 636 (new species groups classification).