5 subspecies
Taxonomic history
| Emery, 1908f PDF: 451 (m.). |
| Combination in Messor: Emery, 1908f PDF: 451. |
| Subspecies of Messor capitatus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 101; of Messor barbarus: Emery, 1908f PDF: 451; Forel, 1910a PDF: 9; Santschi, 1921d PDF: 69; Finzi, 1924a PDF: 13; of Messor instabilis: Santschi, 1923f PDF: 325. |
| Status as species: Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 155; Santschi, 1927d PDF: 232; Kutter, 1927a PDF: 99; Santschi, 1934d PDF: 273; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 149; Arnol'di, 1977b PDF: 1640. |
| Senior synonym of Messor pompeianus: Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 61. |
| Current subspecies: nominal plus Messor minor calabricus, Messor minor capreensis, Messor minor hesperius, Messor minor laboriosus. |
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