Taxonomic history
Senior synonym of Messor barbarus dentiscapus: Bolton, 1995b: 256.Senior synonym of Messor barbarus ambiguus: Barech et al., 2020 10.35929/RSZ.0002 PDF: 18.[Note: Barech et al., 2020 10.35929/RSZ.0002 PDF: 18, record ambiguus as a junior synonym of dentiscapus, but politus has priority over the latter (Bolton, 1995b: 253).].