(Latreille, 1798)
Imaged Specimens
| Messor capitatus | Queen | KG01712-Queen |
| Messor capitatus | Worker | KG01712-Major |
| Messor capitatus | Worker | KG01712-Minor |
Palaeartic distribution
- Algeria
- Comino
- Continental Greece
- Corsica
- Croatia
- Dodecanese Islands
- France
- Gozo
- Ibiza
- Italy
- Majorca
- Malta
- Morocco
- Portugal
- Sardinia
- Serbia
- Sicily
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Tunisia
Synonyms
Same-level taxa
- Messor abdelazizi
- Messor aciculatus
- Messor aciculatus risianus
- Messor aegyptiacus
- Messor aegyptiacus canaliculatus
- Messor aegyptiacus felah
- Messor aegyptiacus phasianicus
- Messor aegyptiacus tunetinus
- Messor alexandri
- Messor antennatus
- Messor antennatus fodorii
- Messor aphaenogasteroides
- Messor aralocaspius
- Messor aralocaspius infumatus
- Messor arenarius
- Messor arenarius alfierii
- Messor arenarius diabolus
- Messor arenarius ratus
- Messor arenarius thebaicus
- Messor barbarus
- Messor barbarus gallaoides
- Messor barbarus mediosanguineus
- Messor barbarus nigricans
- Messor barbarus politus
- Messor barbarus r. meridionalis var. laeviceps
- Messor barbarus sahlbergi
- Messor barbarus santschii
- Messor barbarus st. mediorubra var. punctaticeps
- Messor barbarus st. sultana var. vizir
- Messor barbarus subsp. capitatus var. splendens
- Messor barbarus subsp. varrialei var. werneri
- Messor barbarus susbsp. capitatus var. obscuriventris
- Messor berbericus
- Messor bernardi
- Messor binodis
- Messor bouvieri
- Messor boyeri
- Messor buettikeri
- Messor caducus
- Messor caducus glabrescens
- Messor carthaginensis
- Messor caviceps
- Messor celiae
- Messor cephalotes
- Messor ceresis
- Messor clypeatus
- Messor concolor
- Messor crawleyi
- Messor decipiens
- Messor dentatus
- Messor denticulatus
- Messor diabarensis
- Messor ebeninus
- Messor EGY-01
- Messor erectus
- Messor excursionis
- Messor excursionis sillemi
- Messor foreli
- Messor foreli brevispinosus
- Messor foreli surcoufi
- Messor fraternus
- Messor galla
- Messor galla obscurus
- Messor grandinidus
- Messor hebraeus
- Messor hellenius
- Messor hesperius
- Messor himalayanus
- Messor hismai
- Messor hispanicus
- Messor hoggarensis
- Messor incorruptus
- Messor inermis
- Messor intermedius
- Messor kasakorum
- Messor kasakorum nadezhdae
- Messor kisilkumensis
- Messor KYR-01
- Messor lamellicornis
- Messor lobicornis
- Messor lobicornis batnensis
- Messor lobicornis laurentii
- Messor lobicornis normandi
- Messor lobicornis rugulosus
- Messor lobicornis submuticus
- Messor luridus
- Messor luridus virginalis
- Messor lusitanicus
- Messor maculifrons
- Messor marikovskii
- Messor marocanus
- Messor medioruber
- Messor medioruber montanus
- Messor medioruber postquadratus
- Messor melancholicus
- Messor meridionalis
- Messor minor
- Messor minor calabricus
- Messor minor capreensis
- Messor minor laboriosus
- Messor MOR-01
- Messor muraywahus
- Messor muscatus
- Messor nahali
- Messor niloticus
- Messor oertzeni
- Messor oertzeni amasiensis
- Messor oertzeni carpathous
- Messor olegianus
- Messor orientalis
- Messor perantennatus
- Messor picturatus
- Messor picturatus maurus
- Messor postpetiolatus
- Messor reticuliventris
- Messor rufotestaceus
- Messor rufus
- Messor rufus striolatus
- Messor rugosus
- Messor rugosus bodenheimeri
- Messor sanctus
- Messor sanganus
- Messor SAU-01
- Messor semirufus
- Messor semirufus emeryi
- Messor semirufus st. grandinidus var. mixtus
- Messor semoni
- Messor SER-01
- Messor striatellus
- Messor striaticeps
- Messor striativentris
- Messor striatulus
- Messor structor
- Messor structor aegaea
- Messor structor platyceras
- Messor structor sp "B"
- Messor structor tadzhikorum
- Messor subgracilinodis
- Messor sultanus
- Messor syriacus
- Messor testaceus
- Messor timidus
- Messor turcmenochorassanicus
- Messor valentinae
- Messor variabilis
- Messor vaucheri
- Messor vicinus
- Messor wasmanni