Messor buettikeri Collingwood, 1985: 249, fig. 22 (w.q.m.) SAUDI ARABIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type localities: Saudi Arabia: Wadi Khumra, 10.ii.1978 (W. Büttiker). Primary type depository: unknown (perhaps NHMB or WMLC). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype males (numbers not stated). Secondary type localities: paratypes with same data as holotype, paratype queens Saudi Arabia: Khashm Khafs, 25.i.1981 (W. Büttiker). Secondary type depository: unknown (perhaps NHMB or WMLC). Type notes: In this publication much type material was referred to NHMB but was apparently never deposited there.