Messor clivorum valid Russia, Moldova. Palearctic.
Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. [In Russian.]. Trudy Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei pri Imperatorskom Kazanskom Universitete 38(4-6):1-800.   128184

Messor clivorum sevani valid Armenia (Sewan I.). Palearctic.
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.   122368

Messor clivorum turcmenochorassanicus obsolete combination Turkmenistan. Palearctic.
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.   122368