Messor galla var. obscurus Menozzi & Consani, 1952: 61 (w.) Attributed to Santschi. ETHIOPIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated, “some”). Primary type localities: Ethiopia: Mega, 13.ix.1939, (Zavattari’s Missione Biologica Sagan-Omo) (no collector’s name), Ethiopia: El Dire, 18-21.v.1939, (Zavattari’s Missione Biologica Sagan-Omo) (no collector’s name), Ethiopia: Gondaraba, 27.v.1939 and 18.vi.1939, (Zavattari’s Missione Biologica Sagan-Omo) (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: IEUB. Type notes: On p. 62 Consani adds, “This variety is, in my opinion, to be considered as synonymous with the species”.