• Combination in Atta: Smith, 1858a: 165; Roger, 1859: 252.
• Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 29.
• Status as species: Smith, 1858a: 165; Roger, 1859: 252.
• Junior synonym of Messor arenarius: Roger, 1862c: 292; Mayr, 1863a: 395; Roger, 1863b: 29; Dalla Torre, 1893: 98; Emery, 1921c: 69; Bolton, 1995b: 257.

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica scalpturata

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
• Mayr, G. 1863a. Formicidarum index synonymicus. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 13:385-460. PDF
• Nylander, W. 1856b. Synopsis des Formicides de France et d'Algérie. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie (4)5:51-109. PDF
• Roger, J. 1859. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Ameisenfauna der Mittelmeerländer. I. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 3:225-259. PDF
• Roger, J. 1862c. Synonymische Bemerkungen. 1. Ueber Formiciden. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 6:283-297. PDF
• Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 7(Beilage):1-65. PDF
• Smith, F. 1858a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. PDF