Messor atanassovii Atanassov, 1982: 209, figs. 1-3 (s.w.q.) BULGARIA. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Bulgaria: Assenovgrad, slopes of Rhodope Mts, 200 m., 28.ix.1961, no. 2189 (N. Atanassov). Primary type depository: BASS. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: >25 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens. Secondary type localities: 25 paratype workers, 2 paratype queens with same data as holotype; other paratypes (numbers not stated) Bulgaria: Dagore Village, nr. Stara Zagora, 25.vii.1961, no. 2183 (N. Atanassov), Bulgaria: Belosem Village, Plovdiv Distr., 20.vii.1961, no. 2178 (N. Atanossov). Secondary type depositories: BASS, RASM. Type notes: Salata et al., 2023: 110, say “location of the type material is unknown”, but some potential paratypes (“no. 2183”), were located, lacking other data, in NMSB.