Type location Israel
(Messor semirufus André
v. hebraeus n. var.,
Santschi, 1927c: 240,
illustrated, worker; raised
to species by Thomé & Thomé, 1981: 143) Jerusalem, Chadli Mrabet -
see below.
Santschi's
(1927c) description is at . Separated from other Messor species from Syria on the
basis of the rounded tranzition from dorsum to declivity of the
propodeum (Thomé & Thomé, 1981).