Taxonomic history
Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b PDF: 29.Combination in Stenamma (Messor): Emery, 1898c PDF: 126.Combination in Messor: Ruzsky, 1903b PDF: 315; Emery, 1908f PDF: 456.As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1908f PDF: 456; Forel, 1911f PDF: 347; Emery, 1912f PDF: 96; Emery, 1921c PDF: 73; Santschi, 1921a PDF: 110; Soudek, 1922b PDF: 35; Karavaiev, 1926b PDF: 101; Santschi, 1926f PDF: 291; Soudek, 1931 PDF: 8; Santschi, 1934d PDF: 275.Subspecies of Messor structor: Emery, 1898c PDF: 142; Ruzsky, 1903b PDF: 315; Ruzsky, 1904b: 4; Emery, 1915f PDF: 1; Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 151; Schkaff, 1925b PDF: 274; Stärcke, 1926a PDF: 86 (in key); Santschi, 1934d PDF: 275; Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 82 (in key); Hamann & Klemm, 1976 PDF: 671.Subspecies of Messor rufitarsis (Fabricius, 1804): Arnol'di, 1977b PDF: 1643 (in key).Junior synonym of Messor rufitarsis (Fabricius, 1804): Emery, 1921b PDF: 211; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 144.Junior synonym of Messor structor: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 464; Nylander, 1856b PDF: 85; Smith, 1858a PDF: 162; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 397; Roger, 1863b PDF: 29; Dours, 1873 PDF: 167; André, 1874c: 203 (in list); Forel, 1874 PDF: 101 (in list); Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 462; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 105; Ruzsky, 1905b: 728; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 114; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 255; Petrov, 2006 PDF: 92 (in key); Radchenko, 2007 PDF: 31; Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 140; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 11; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 20; Radchenko, 2016: 171.Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 54; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 271 (in key); Kugler, 1988: 257; Collingwood, 1993b PDF: 194; Markó & Csosz, 2002 PDF: 116; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 514; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 110; Steiner et al., 2018 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.005 PDF: 400 (redescription).
