2 subspecies
Taxonomic history
| vicinity of CASPIAN SEA. |
| Combination in Messor: Ruzsky, 1905b: 750. |
| Junior synonym of Messor caducus: Emery, 1891c: 11. |
| Revived from synonymy as subspecies of Messor barbarus: Emery, 1908f PDF: 447; Forel, 1910a PDF: 9; Santschi, 1921a PDF: 110. |
| Raised to species: Santschi, 1927d PDF: 227; Menozzi, 1933b PDF: 52; Collingwood, 1985 PDF: 252. |
| Senior synonym of Messor kutteri, Messor nigricans and material of the unavailable name Messor obscurior referred here: Baroni Urbani, 1974a PDF: 227. |
| Current subspecies: nominal plus Messor semirufus emeryi, Messor semirufus grandinidus. |
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