Messor oertzeni var. carpathous Menozzi, 1936b: 277, figs. VI, 2 (w.) GREECE (Karpathos). Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Salata & Borowiec, 2019a: 54). Primary type locality: lectotype Greece (“Italian Aegean Is”): Scarpanto I. (= Karpathos I.), Piles, 22.iv.1934 (C. Menozzi). Primary type depository: DSAB. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 2 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: DSAB. Type notes: Original description mentions “numerous workers”; other original syntypes perhaps in IEUB.