Taxonomic history
Subspecies of Messor semirufus: Menozzi, 1933b PDF: 52; Santschi, 1939c PDF: 6.Junior synonym of Messor semirufus: Baroni Urbani, 1974a PDF: 227.Status as species: Tohmé & Tohmé, 1981 PDF: 143; Bolton, 1995b: 254; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009 PDF: 42; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 106; Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014 PDF: 134.