• [Misspelled as pseudaegyptiaca by Emery, 1922d: 99.]
• Arnold, 1920a: 409 (q.m.)
• Combination in Stenamma (Messor): Emery, 1895i: 35.
• Combination in Messor: Santschi, 1917e: 94.
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1891c: 12; Emery, 1895i: 35; Arnold, 1920a: 408; Emery, 1921c: 70; Emery, 1922d: 99.
• Subspecies of Messor capensis: Dalla Torre, 1893: 101; Santschi, 1917e: 94; Wheeler, 1922: 805.
• Junior synonym of Messor capensis: Bolton, 1982: 345; Bolton, 1995b: 256.

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster pseudoaegyptiaca

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1920a. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part IV. Myrmicinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:403-578. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 45:307-370. PDF
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1884a. Materiali per lo studio della fauna Tunisina raccolti da G. e L. Doria. III. Rassegna delle formiche della Tunisia. [part]. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 21[=(2)1]:373-384. PDF
• Emery, C. 1891c. Exploration scientifique de la Tunisie. Zoologie. - Hyménoptères. Révision critique des fourmis de la Tunisie. Paris: Imprimerie Nationale, iii + 21 pp. PDF
• Emery, C. 1895i. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 64:15-56. 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. 1917e. Races et variétés nouvelles du Messor barbarus L. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de l'Afrique du Nord 8:89-94. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.