Messor sanganus Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 320 (w.) YEMEN. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Yemen: Sangani Pass, 2200 m., 13.iii.1993 (C.A. Collingwood). Primary type depository: unknown (perhaps NHMB, WMLC). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 19 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: unknown (perhaps NHMB, WMLC). Type notes: Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 301, say “All type material is housed in NHMB and duplicates placed in appropriate institutes and museums of the contributing countries”; this apparently was never done.