Forel, 1903a PDF: 693 (India & Sri Lanka species key);
Bingham, 1903 PDF: 278 (India, Sri Lanka & Burma species key);
Ruzsky, 1905b: 726 (Russian Empire species key);
Emery, 1908f PDF: 437 (Palaearctic species key);
Emery, 1916a PDF: 143 (Italy species key);
Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 149 (France & Belgium species key);
Arnold, 1920a PDF: 404 (diagnosis);
Emery, 1921c PDF: 43 (
Cratomyrmex diagnosis, catalogue);
Emery, 1921c PDF: 67 (
Veromessor diagnosis, catalogue);
Emery, 1921c PDF: 68 (diagnosis, catalogue);
Wheeler, 1922: 802 (Afrotropical
Cratomyrmex,
Messor catalogues);
Santschi, 1927d PDF: 247 (
Messor instabilis group key);
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927a PDF: 89 (Central Asia species key);
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929d PDF: 4 (Central Asia species key);
Finzi, 1929 PDF: 77 (Italy species key);
Menozzi, 1933b PDF: 56 (Israel species key);
Wheeler & Creighton, 1934 PDF: 360 (
Veromessor species key);
Finzi, 1936 PDF: 160 (Egypt species key);
Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 82 (Central Europe species key);
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 158 (North America Veromesor species key);
Chapman & Capco, 1951 PDF: 136 (Asia checklist);
Bernard, 1955a PDF: 360 (Mediterranean
Messor structor group key);
Smith, 1956a PDF: 36 (U.S.A.
Veromessor species key);
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 137 (diagnosis, Western Europe species key);
Kempf, 1972b PDF: 257 (Neotropical
Veromessor catalogue);
Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 50 (Kyrghyzstan species key);
Arnol'di, 1977b PDF: 1640 (former U.S.S.R. species key);
Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 537 (former European U.S.S.R. species key);
Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 80 (Iberian Peninsula species key);
Smith, 1979: 1364 (North America
Veromessor catalogue);
Bolton, 1982 PDF: 338 (diagnosis, review of genus, Afrotropical species revision, key);
Collingwood, 1985 PDF: 248 (Saudi Arabia species key);
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 38 (U.S.A., Nevada
Veromessor species key);
Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 270 (Balkans species key);
Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 215 (Turkmenistan species key);
Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990b: 156 (Corsica species key);
Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 113 (Bulgaria species key);
Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 33 (Armenia species key);
Bolton, 1994: 106 (synoptic classification);
Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1050 (census);
Bolton, 1995b: 252 (catalogue);
Collingwood & Agosti, 1996 PDF: 314 (Saudi Arabia species key);
Cagniant & Espadaler, 1998 PDF: 419 (Morocco species key);
Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 14 (Portugal species key);
He & Song, 2009 PDF: 721 (China species key);
Cantone, 2017 PDF: 210 (brief male diagnosis);
Bodlah et al., 2019 PDF: 1 (
Messor instabilis and
Messor himalayanus associations with aphids), 5 (key to Pakistan species (workers)).