• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1921c: 71; Emery, 1922d: 94.
• Declared as unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Bolton, 1995b: 255.
• Material referred to Messor marocanus by Emery, 1922d: 94; Santschi, 1929e: 142.

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• 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. 1929e. Fourmis du Maroc, d'Algérie et de Tunisie. Bulletin et Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 69:138-165. PDF
• Stitz, H. 1917. Ameisen aus dem westlichen Mittelmeergebiet und von den Kanarischen Inseln. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 8:333-353. PDF