• Lectotype designation: Bolton, 1982: 352.
• Santschi, 1913c: 307 (w.)
• Combination in Messor (Cratomyrmex): Santschi, 1920d: 377
• Combination in Messor: Bolton, 1982: 352.
• Status as species: Emery, 1921c: 43; Santschi, 1913c: 307; Santschi, 1914d: 335; Santschi, 1920d: 377; Wheeler, 1922: 802; Bolton, 1982: 352 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 256.
• Senior synonym of Messor regalis rubea: Bolton, 1982: 352; Bolton, 1995b: 256.
• Senior synonym of Messor regalis sculpturatus: Bolton, 1982: 352; Bolton, 1995b: 256.

Junior synonyms

• Messor regalis rubea (Santschi, 1913)
  Obsolete combination(s): Cratomyrmex regalis rubea
• Messor regalis sculpturatus (Stitz, 1916)
  Obsolete combination(s): Messor sculpturatus, Cratomyrmex sculpturatus

Obsolete combinations

• Cratomyrmex regalis

Citations

• 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.
• Emery, C. 1892f ("1891"). Voyage de M. Ch. Alluaud dans le territoire d'Assinie (Afrique occidentale) en juillet et août 1886. Formicides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 60:553-574. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1913c. Glanures de fourmis africaines. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 57:302-314. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1914d. Formicides de l'Afrique occidentale et australe du voyage de Mr. le Professeur F. Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 8:309-385. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1920d. Formicides africains et américains nouveaux. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 88:361-390. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.