• Lectotype designation: Steiner et al., 2018: 398.
• [First available use of Messor barbarus structor ibericus Emery, 1922d; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
• Santschi, 1931a: 4 (m.).
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1924c: 164.
• Subspecies of Messor structor: Santschi, 1931a: 4; Santschi, 1932e: 69.
• Subspecies of Messor barbarus: Ceballos, 1956: 302.
• Status as species: Collingwood, 1978: 68, 81 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 254; Borowiec, 2014: 107; Steiner et al., 2018: 398 (redescription); Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 46; Seifert, 2018: 176; Salata & Borowiec, 2019a: 60; Arcos et al., 2022: 12; Bračko, 2023: 75.
• Senior synonym of Messor structor novaki: Steiner et al., 2018: supplementary material, 8.

Junior synonyms

• Messor structor novaki Finzi, 1929

Obsolete combinations

• Messor structor ibericus

Citations

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• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Bondroit, J. 1918. Les fourmis de France et de Belgique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 87:1-174. PDF
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
• Bračko, G. 2023. Atlas of the ants of Slovenia. Ljubljana: Biotechnical Faculty, 251 pp.
• Ceballos, G. 1956. Catálogo de los Himenópteros de España. Madrid: Instituto Español de Entomología, 554 pp.
• Collingwood, C. A. 1978. A provisional list of Iberian Formicidae with a key to the worker caste (Hym. Aculeata). EOS. Revista Española de Entomología 52:65-95. PDF
• Emery, C. 1924c. Formiche di Spagna raccolte dal Prof. Filippo Silvestri. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 17:164-171. PDF
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• Santschi, F. 1925g. Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espèces paléarctiques (Hymenopt.). EOS. Revista Española de Entomología 1:339-360. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1931a. Inventa entomologica itineris Hispanici et Maroccani, quod a. 1926 fecerunt Harald et Håkan Lindberg. Fourmis du Bassin Méditerranéen occidental et du Maroc récoltées par MM. Lindberg. Commentationes Biologicae 3(14):1-13.
• Santschi, F. 1932e. Liste de fourmis d'Espagne recueilliés par Mr. J. M. Dusmet. Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica de España 15:69-74. PDF
• Seifert, B. 2018. The ants of Central and North Europe. Boxberg: Lutra, 407 pp.
• Steiner, F. M.; Csősz, S.; Markó, B.; Gamisch, A.; Rinnhofer, L.; Folterbauer, C.; Hammerle, S.; Stauffer, C.; Arthofer, W.; Schlick-Steiner, B. C. 2018. Turning one into five: Integrative taxonomy uncovers complex evolution of cryptic species in the harvester ant Messor “structor”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127:387-404. 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.005 PDF