Messor arenarius var. ratus Menozzi, 1933b: 51 (w.) ISRAEL. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 5 syntype workers. Primary type localities: 4 workers Israel (“Palestine”): Wadi Muallich (E of Bethlehem), 22.ix.1922, no. 119 (F.S. Bodenheimer), 1 worker Israel (“Palestine”): Judean desert, 20.iii.1926, no. 177 (F.S. Bodenheimer). Primary type depositories: HUJI, IEUB.