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.

Status as species: {ref 127197}: 670; {ref 124002}: 98; {ref 130013}: 315; {ref 124679}: 336; {ref 130525}: 420; {ref 124749}: 57; {ref 130197}: 9; {ref 130198}: 107; {ref 130211}: 2; {ref 130228}: 63; {ref 129229}: 13; {ref 122419}: 87; {ref 123583}: 131, 136 (combinations in {tax 429816} and {tax 429828}, respectively); {ref 122420}: 2; {ref 127828}: 227; {ref 127829}: 295; {ref 123801}: 303; {ref 122368}: 1645 (in key); {ref 122424}: 113; {ref 127629}: 197; {ref 127582}: 88; {ref 130486}: 1305; {ref 127456}: 20; {ref 122860}: 252; {ref 130487}: 98; {ref 129145}: 53; {ref 131981}: 109; {ref 131519}: 160; {ref 132056}: 136; {ref 132915}: 4; {ref 132431}: 170; {ref 142587}: 722; {ref 142253}: 44.