Messor semirufus var. ebeninus Santschi, 1927d: 229 (w.) SYRIA, ISRAEL. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Syria: Djebel Kasaoun (G. de Kerville), Syria: Berzé (G. de Kerville), Israel (“Palestine”): Convent of the Passion (= Nazareth?) (E. Schmitz). Primary type depository: MHNG. Primary type specimens: CASENT0901472, CASENT0907735.