• Status as species: Tarbinsky, 1976: 64 (redescription); Arnol'di, 1977b: 1642 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 258; Schultz et al., 2006: 206; He & Song, 2009: 725; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 45.

Citations

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1970a. New species and races of the ant genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 49:72-88. PDF
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• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
• He, D.-H.; Song, L. 2009. A taxon of the ant genus Messor Forel (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China, with description of two new species in desert region. Highlights of Sciencepaper Online 2:720-725. PDF
• Schultz, R.; Radchenko, A.; Seifert, B. 2006. A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:201-207. PDF
• Tarbinsky, Y. S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. [In Russian.]. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. PDF