• [Misspelled as lobifer by Santschi, 1925f: 83; Menozzi, 1930h: 329.]
• Santschi, 1925f: 93 (q.m.); Santschi, 1928b: 31 (q.m.).
• Status as species: Ruzsky, 1905b: 739; Emery, 1908f: 459; Ruzsky, 1915a: 443; Wheeler, 1921c: 535; Emery, 1921c: 74; Wheeler, 1923c: 1; Santschi, 1925f: 83, 93; Wheeler, 1927d: 2; Wheeler, 1927e: 1; Santschi, 1928b: 31; Menozzi, 1930h: 329; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 137.
• Junior synonym of Messor aciculatus: Wheeler, 1928c: 9 (in text); Wheeler, 1928d: 107 (in text); Wheeler, 1930k: 63; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1645 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 255; Tang et al., 1995: 53; Imai et al., 2003: 160.

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster lobulifera
• Messor barbarus lobulifera

Citations

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