Subspecies of Messor barbarus: Emery, 1891c: 12; Emery, 1893m: 100 (footnote); Emery, 1893e: 84; Forel, 1894d: 31; Forel, 1902a: 148; Forel, 1904c: 373; Forel, 1904d: 5; Forel, 1905e: 176; Ruzsky, 1905b: 744; Forel, 1906c: 190; Forel, 1907e: 204; Forel, 1907h: 15; Emery, 1908f: 449 (redescription); Forel, 1909c: 104; Forel, 1909k: 371; Karavaiev, 1911a: 62; Karavaiev, 1912a: 7; Emery, 1912f: 97; Emery, 1916a: 142; Stitz, 1917: 343; Santschi, 1919e: 244; Menozzi, 1922c: 326; Ruzsky, 1923: 4; Santschi, 1923f: 325; Finzi, 1924a: 13; Santschi, 1925g: 341; Santschi, 1926f: 286; Finzi, 1929: 80; Zimmermann, 1930: 48; Cori & Finzi, 1931: 238; Santschi, 1931a: 4; Santschi, 1932h: 3; Finzi, 1933: 163; Grandi, 1935: 100; Zimmermann, 1935: 17; Menozzi, 1936b: 276; Finzi, 1940: 159; Consani & Zangheri, 1952: 40; Ceballos, 1956: 301.

Subspecies of {tax 440014}: {ref 124554}: 12; {ref 143782}: 100 (footnote); {ref 124565}: 84; {ref 125061}: 31; {ref 125119}: 148; {ref 125146}: 373; {ref 125147}: 5; {ref 125162}: 176; {ref 128184}: 744; {ref 125166}: 190; {ref 125172}: 204; {ref 125175}: 15; {ref 124681}: 449 (redescription); {ref 125191}: 104; {ref 125200}: 371; {ref 126237}: 62; {ref 126239}: 7; {ref 124710}: 97; {ref 124734}: 142; {ref 129027}: 343; {ref 128313}: 244; {ref 127316}: 326; {ref 128167}: 4; {ref 128348}: 325; {ref 124923}: 13; {ref 128359}: 341; {ref 128366}: 286; {ref 124915}: 80; {ref 130612}: 48; {ref 123837}: 238; {ref 128393}: 4; {ref 128408}: 3; {ref 124916}: 163; {ref 125622}: 100; {ref 130613}: 17; {ref 127380}: 276; {ref 124939}: 159; {ref 123832}: 40; {ref 123569}: 301.