• Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 29.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 109.
• Junior synonym of Messor barbarus: Roger, 1863b: 29; Emery & Forel, 1879: 461.
• Junior synonym of Messor capitatus: Emery, 1921c: 70; Bolton, 1995b: 254.

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica galbula

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Emery, C.; Forel, A. 1879. Catalogue des Formicides d'Europe. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 5:441-481. PDF
• Horn, W.; Kahle, I. 1935. Sammlungen, welche ihren Eigentümer gewechselt haben [Part 1]. Entomologische Beihefte aus Berlin-Dahlem 2:1-160.
• Losana, M. 1834. Saggio sopra le formiche indigene del Piemonte. Memorie della Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Torino 37:307-333. PDF
• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF