• [First available use of Stenamma barbarum caducum gallum Emery, 1895b; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
• Finzi, 1939a: 155 (q.m.)
• Combination in Messor: Santschi, 1914d: 335.
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1897f: 597; Forel, 1910c: 250; Karavaiev, 1911b: 3; Emery, 1915e: 3; Wheeler, 1922: 803; Viehmeyer, 1923: 87.
• Subspecies of Messor barbarus: Mayr, 1907b: 14; Santschi, 1910f: 234; Santschi, 1914d: 335; Santschi, 1917e: 92; Emery, 1921c: 70; Emery, 1922d: 98; Santschi, 1923a: 134; Weber, 1943d: 303.
• Status as species: Santschi, 1923f: 326; Santschi, 1928f: 201; Finzi, 1939a: 155; Menozzi, 1930b: 81; Bernard, 1950c: 286; Bernard, 1980b: 266; Bolton, 1982: 349 (redescription); Collingwood, 1985: 250; Bolton, 1995b: 254; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 317; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 212; Borowiec, 2014: 106; Madl, 2019: 15; Borowiec & Salata, 2020: 11; Barech et al., 2020: 18; Sharaf et al., 2022: 55.
• Senior synonym of Messor galla airensis: Bolton, 1982: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 254.
• Senior synonym of Messor barbarus latinoda: Viehmeyer, 1923: 87; Bolton, 1982: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 254.
• Senior synonym of Messor galla nobilis: Bolton, 1982: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 254; Barech et al., 2020: 18.
• Senior synonym of Messor galla obscurus: Fisher & Bolton, 2016: 317; Barech et al., 2020: 18.
• Senior synonym of Messor triimpressa: Bolton, 1982: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 254.
• Material of the unavailable name Messor barbarus galla armata referred here by Bolton, 1982: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 252.
• Material of the unavailable name Messor barbarus semirufus rufa referred here by Bolton, 1982: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 256.
• Material of the unavailable name Messor barbarus semirufus rufula referred here by Bolton, 1982: 350; Bolton, 1995b: 256.

Junior synonyms

• Messor barbarus latinoda Santschi, 1917
• Messor galla airensis Bernard, 1950
• Messor galla nobilis Santschi, 1928
• Messor galla obscurus Menozzi & Consani, 1952
• Messor triimpressa Santschi, 1930
  Obsolete combination(s): Messor galla triimpressa

Obsolete combinations

• Messor barbarus galla
• Stenamma barbarum galla

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