Extant: 1 valid subspecies
Aphaenogaster aciculata Smith, 1874b PDF: 405 (w.q.) JAPAN. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOLTaxonomic history
[Misspelled as acciculatus by Pisarski, 1969a PDF: 227, Pisarski, 1969b: 295.].Imai, 1966b PDF: 119 (k.); Onoyama, 1982a PDF: 325 (l.); Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 122 (m.).Combination in Stenamma (Messor): Forel, 1901m PDF: 60.Combination in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921c PDF: 57.Combination in Messor: Forel, 1922b PDF: 93.Status as species: Mayr, 1879 PDF: 670; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 98; Wheeler, 1906h PDF: 315; Emery, 1908d PDF: 336; Yano, 1910a PDF: 420; Emery, 1921c PDF: 57; Wheeler, 1928c PDF: 9; Wheeler, 1928d PDF: 107; Wheeler, 1929g PDF: 2; Wheeler, 1930k PDF: 63; Teranishi, 1940: 13; Azuma, 1951 PDF: 87; Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 131, 136 (combinations in Aphaenogaster and Messor, respectively); Azuma, 1953 PDF: 2; Pisarski, 1969a PDF: 227; Pisarski, 1969b: 295; Collingwood, 1976a PDF: 303; Arnol'di, 1977b PDF: 1645 (in key); Azuma, 1977a PDF: 113; Onoyama, 1980a PDF: 197; Ogata, 1991b PDF: 88; Wu & Wang, 1992c PDF: 1305; Morisita et al., 1992: 20; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 98; Tang et al., 1995: 53; Park & Kim, 2000a PDF: 109; Imai et al., 2003 PDF: 160; Radchenko, 2005b PDF: 136; Terayama, 2009 PDF: 170; He & Song, 2009 PDF: 722; Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 44.Senior synonym of Messor brunneicorne: Yano, 1910a PDF: 420; Wheeler, 1928c PDF: 9 (in text); Wheeler, 1928d PDF: 107 (in text); Arnol'di, 1977b PDF: 1645 (in key); Onoyama, 1980a PDF: 197; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Park & Kim, 2000a PDF: 109; Imai et al., 2003 PDF: 160.Senior synonym of Messor lobulifera: Wheeler, 1928c PDF: 9 (in text); Wheeler, 1928d PDF: 107 (in text); Wheeler, 1930k PDF: 63; Arnol'di, 1977b PDF: 1645 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 252; Tang et al., 1995: 53; Imai et al., 2003 PDF: 160.
