• [First available use of Messor barbarus clivorum karawayewi Santschi, 1917e; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
• [Misspelled as karawaiewi by Emery, 1921b: 211; Emery, 1922d: 96.]
• [Misspelled as karawayewi by Emery, 1921c: 70.]
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921b: 211; Emery, 1921c: 70; Emery, 1922d: 92; Santschi, 1927e: 248.
• Material referred to Messor rufus by Emery, 1922d: 96.
• Junior synonym of Messor rufus: Arnol'di, 1977b: 1642; Bolton, 1995b: 254; Schultz et al., 2006: 203.

Citations

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1977b. Review of the harvester ants of the genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the fauna of the USSR. [In Russian.]. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 56:1637-1648. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1921b. Formiche raccolte a Budrum (Anatolia) da Raffaele Varriale, Cap. medico nella R. Marina. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 49[=(3)9]:208-218. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Emery, C. 1922d. Messor barbarus (L.). Appunti de sinonimia e di sistematica. Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 54:92-99. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1927e. Révision myrmécologique. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 67:240-248. PDF
• Schultz, R.; Radchenko, A.; Seifert, B. 2006. A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8:201-207. PDF
• Tarbinsky, Y. S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. [In Russian.]. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. PDF