Messor aciculatus

Distribution
This taxon was described from Japan.

Nomenclature

 *  aciculatus. Aphaenogaster aciculata Smith, F. 1874: 405 (w.q.) JAPAN. Imai, 1966: 119 (k.); Onoyama, 1982: 325 (l.); Kupyanskaya, 1990: 122 (m.). Combination in Stenamma (Messor): Forel, 1901h: 60; in Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma): Emery, 1921f: 57; in Messor: Forel, 1922: 93. Senior synonym of brunneicorne: Yano, 1910: 420; Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 107 (in text); of lobulifera: Wheeler, W.M. 1928c: 9 (in text); Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 107 (in text). Current subspecies: nominal plus risianus.
 * brunneicorne. Stenamma (Messor) aciculatum var. brunneicorne Forel, 1901h: 60 (w.) JAPAN. Combination in Messor: Emery, 1908e: 459. Raised to species: Emery, 1908e: 459. Junior synonym of aciculatus: Yano, 1910: 420.
 * lobulifera. Messor barbarus var. lobulifera Emery, 1901i: 159 (w.) MONGOLIA. Santschi, 1925f: 93 (q.m.). Raised to species: Ruzsky, 1905b: 739. [Misspelled as lobifer by Santschi, 1925f: 93.] Junior synonym of aciculatus: Wheeler, W.M. 1928c: 9 (in text); Wheeler, W.M. 1928d: 107. See also: Santschi, 1928b: 31.