• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 537 (in key).
• Declared as unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Bolton, 1995b: 257.
• Material referred to Messor rufitarsis jakowlevi by Arnol'di, 1977b: 1643.

Citations

• 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. PDF
• Arnol'di, K. V.; Dlussky, G. M. 1978. Superfam. Formicoidea. 1. Fam. Formicidae - ants. [In Russian.]. Pp. 519-556 in: Medvedev, G. S. (ed.) 1978. Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Vol. 3. Hymenoptera. Part 1. [In Russian.]. Opredeliteli Faune SSSR 119:3-584.
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Karavaiev, V. 1937. Ants collected in the nature reserves of Kinburnskaya Peninsula and Burkuty. [In Ukrainian.]. Zbirnyk Prats' Zoolohichnoho Muzeyu 19:171-181. PDF
• Radchenko, A. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Esteves, F. A.; Martynova, E. V.; Bazhenova, T. N.; Lasarenko, S. N. 2023. Ant type specimens (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of Volodymyr Opanasovych Karawajew. Communication 1. Dorylinae, Poneromorpha and Pseudomyrmecinae. Zootaxa 5244 (1):1-32. 10.11646/zootaxa.5244.1.1 PDF