Taxonomic history
[Also described as new by Santschi, 1934f PDF: 166.].Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998 PDF: 427 (m.).Subspecies of Messor sublaeviceps: Santschi, 1929g PDF: 165; Santschi, 1939d PDF: 72.Subspecies of Messor meridionalis: Bernard, 1948 PDF: 140.Subspecies of Messor instabilis: Bernard, 1950c PDF: 285.Subspecies of Messor aegyptiacus: Bernard, 1953a PDF: 142 (in key); Délye, 1960 PDF: 262; Bolton, 1995b: 254.Status as species: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998 PDF: 427; Cagniant, 2006 PDF: 197; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 107; Barech et al., 2020 10.35929/RSZ.0002 PDF: 16.
