Aphaenogaster barbara var. meridionalis André, 1883b: 355 (w.) GREECE, ALBANIA, TURKEY, ALGERIA, TUNISIA. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Greece, Albania, Turkey (“Constantinople”), Algeria, Tunisia (no further data). Primary type depository: MNHN. Type notes: Santschi, 1927d: 230, says the Greek syntypes cannot be found.

Infrasubspecies

• M. b. m. denticulatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
• M. b. m. glabriusculus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
• M. b. m. grandinidus Santschi, 1910
• M. b. m. inermis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
• M. b. m. infumatus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
• M. b. m. laeviceps Stitz, 1917
• M. b. m. maroccanus Emery, 1908
• M. b. m. rufus Karavaiev, 1910