Aphaenogaster mutica

Identification
Aphaenogaster mutica has a head and mesosoma that are light brown, with a dark gaster. The head is rounded (wider at occiput), with a notched clypeus. (DeMarco, 2015)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Mexico.

Nomenclature

 * . Aphaenogaster mutica Pergande, 1896: 891 (w.) MEXICO (Baja California Sur).
 * Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 58.
 * Status as species: Forel, 1899c: 59; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 565; Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 412; Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 516; Emery, 1921f: 58; Creighton, 1950a: 146; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 796; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1361; Bolton, 1995b: 71; Mackay & Mackay, 2017: 330 (redescription).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Johnson, R.A. and P.S. Ward. 2002. Biogeography and endemism of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Baja California, Mexico: a first overview. Journal of Biogeography 29:10091026/
 * O'Keefe S. T., J. L. Cook, T. Dudek, D. F. Wunneburger, M. D. Guzman, R. N. Coulson, and S. B. Vinson. 2000. The Distribution of Texas Ants. The Southwestern Entomologist 22: 1-92.
 * Pergande, T. 1895. Mexican Formicidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences Ser. 2 :850-896
 * Vásquez-Bolaños M. 2011. Lista de especies de hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) para México. Dugesiana 18: 95-133
 * Wheeler W. M. 1915. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 34: 389-421.