Messor semirufus var. intermedius Santschi, 1927d: 229 (w.q.m.) Date of publication (31).v.1927. SYRIA, ISRAEL. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type localities Syria: Doumar, Aïn Fidjé, Mezzé, Anti-Lebanon, and Damascus (G. de Kerville), Israel (“Palestine”): Jerusalem (E. Schmitz). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimens: CASENT0907736, CASENT0907737.