• [Misspelled as acciculatus by Pisarski, 1969a: 227; Pisarski, 1969b: 295.]
• Imai, 1966b: 119 (k.); Onoyama, 1982a: 325 (l.); Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 122 (m.)
• Combination in Stenamma (Messor): Forel, 1901m: 60.
• Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921c: 57.
• Combination in Messor: Forel, 1922b: 93.
• Status as species: Mayr, 1879: 670; Dalla Torre, 1893: 98; Wheeler, 1906h: 315; Emery, 1908d: 336; Yano, 1910a: 420; Emery, 1921c: 57; Wheeler, 1928c: 9; Wheeler, 1928d: 107; Wheeler, 1929g: 2; Wheeler, 1930k: 63; Teranishi, 1940: 13; Azuma, 1951: 87; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 131, 136 (combinations in Aphaenogaster and Messor, respectively); Azuma, 1953: 2; Pisarski, 1969a: 227; Pisarski, 1969b: 295; Collingwood, 1976a: 303; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1645 (in key); Azuma, 1977a: 113; Onoyama, 1980a: 197; Ogata, 1991b: 88; Wu & Wang, 1992c: 1305; Morisita et al., 1992: 20; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 98; Tang et al., 1995: 53; Park & Kim, 2000a: 109; Imai et al., 2003: 160; Radchenko, 2005b: 136; Pfeiffer et al., 2007: 4; Terayama, 2009: 170; He & Song, 2009: 722; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 44.
• Senior synonym of Messor brunneicorne: Yano, 1910a: 420; Wheeler, 1928c: 9 (in text); Wheeler, 1928d: 107 (in text); Arnol'di, 1977b: 1645 (in key); Onoyama, 1980a: 197; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Park & Kim, 2000a: 109; Imai et al., 2003: 160.
• Senior synonym of Messor lobulifera: Wheeler, 1928c: 9 (in text); Wheeler, 1928d: 107 (in text); Wheeler, 1930k: 63; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1645 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 252; Tang et al., 1995: 53; Imai et al., 2003: 160.

Junior synonyms

• Messor brunneicorne (Forel, 1901)
  Obsolete combination(s): Stenamma aciculatum brunneicorne
• Messor lobulifera Emery, 1901
  Obsolete combination(s): Aphaenogaster lobulifera, Messor barbarus lobulifera

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster aciculata
• Stenamma aciculatum

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