Taxonomic history
Bingham, 1903 PDF: 279 (s.q.).Combination in Messor: Bingham, 1903 PDF: 278.As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921c PDF: 71.Junior synonym of Messor barbarus: Tiwari, 1999 PDF: 38 (error).Subspecies of Messor capitatus: Emery, 1893m PDF: 101.Subspecies of Messor barbarus: Forel, 1903a PDF: 694; Bingham, 1903 PDF: 278; Forel, 1906b PDF: 86; Emery, 1922d PDF: 94; Emery, 1924a PDF: 8; Wheeler, 1926a PDF: 3; Karavaiev, 1926b PDF: 100; Karavaiev, 1927a PDF: 287; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 137.Status as species: Mayr, 1863a PDF: 396; Smith, 1871a PDF: 333; Santschi, 1923f PDF: 325; Santschi, 1927d PDF: 247 (in key); Wheeler, 1927g PDF: 103; Santschi, 1931a: 4; Santschi, 1936c PDF: 200; Menozzi, 1939a PDF: 297; Eidmann, 1942a PDF: 246; Cagniant, 1964 PDF: 87; Pisarski, 1967a PDF: 383; Pisarski, 1970a PDF: 306; Bolton, 1995b: 254; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009 PDF: 42; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 107; Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 38.Senior synonym of Messor barbarus punctata: Bingham, 1903 PDF: 279; Pisarski, 1967a PDF: 383; Pisarski, 1970a PDF: 306; Bolton, 1995b: 254.
