• Karavaiev, 1911a: 63 (q.m.); Stitz, 1930a: 240 (q.)
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Messor): Ruzsky, 1905b: 745.
• Combination in Messor: Emery, 1908f: 449.
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Ruzsky, 1905b: 745; Emery, 1908f: 449; Karavaiev, 1911a: 62; Emery, 1921c: 71; Emery, 1922d: 94; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923b: 257; Ruzsky, 1923: 4; Stitz, 1930a: 240.
• Subspecies of Messor barbarus: Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a: 90 (in key); Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d: 16.
• Subspecies of Messor minor: Santschi, 1927d: 239; Santschi, 1927e: 247; Finzi, 1936: 159.
• Status as species: Pisarski, 1967a: 384; Pisarski, 1969b: 306; Pisarski, 1970a: 306; Tarbinsky, 1976: 65 (redescription); Arnol'di, 1977b: 1642 (in key); Dlussky, 1981b: 17; Collingwood, 1985: 248; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 54; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 270 (in key); Dlussky et al., 1990: 218; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 315; Collingwood & Heatwole, 2002: 7; Petrov, 2006: 91 (in key); Schultz et al., 2006: 206; He & Song, 2009: 722; Karaman, 2011b: 36; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 45; Borowiec, 2014: 101 (see note in bibliography).
• Material of the unavailable name Messor minor aralocaspius tamerlani referred here by Dlussky et al., 1990: 218.

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster barbara aralocaspia
• Messor minor aralocaspius

Citations

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