Novomessor
Emery, 1915
valid
masculine
Novomessor
Emery, 1915k:
73
Type-species:
Aphaenogaster cockerelli (obsolete combination of Novomessor cockerelli), by original designation.
- Novomessor in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Forel, 1917: 241; Emery, 1921c: 66 [subtribe Stenammini]; Wheeler, 1922: 661; all subsequent authors except the following.
- Novomessor in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini: Donisthorpe, 1943g: 675; Kempf, 1972b: 166.
- Novomessor as genus: Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 343; Creighton, 1950a: 155; Hölldobler et al., 1976: 32; Demarco & Cognato, 2015: 7
- Novomessor as junior synonym of Aphaenogaster: Brown, 1974b: 47; Bolton, 1982: 364 (discussion pp. 339-341).
Obsolete classifications
Genus Novomessor references
Demarco & Cognato, 2015: 1 (phylogeny); Cantone, 2017: 220 (brief male diagnosis)
Citations
- Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 45:307-370. PDF
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1974b. Novomessor manni a synonym of Aphaenogaster ensifera (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomological News 85:45-47. PDF
- Cantone, S. 2017. Winged ants – The male. Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the world. Behavioral ecology of mating flight. São Paulo: Autopubblicato, 318 pp. PDF
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
- Demarco, B. B.; Cognato, A. I. 2015. Phylogenetic analysis of Aphaenogaster supports the resurrection of Novomessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 108 (2):201-210. 10.1093/aesa/sau013 PDF
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943g. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [part]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:617-688.
- Emery, C. 1915k. Definizione del genere Aphaenogaster e partizione di esso in sottogeneri. Parapheidole e Novomessor nn. gg. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna. Classe di Scienze Fisiche (n.s.)19:67-75. PDF
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 51:229-253. PDF
- Hölldobler, B.; Stanton, R. C.; Engel, H. 1976. A new exocrine gland in Novomessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and its possible significance as a taxonomic character. Psyche (Cambridge) 83:32-41.
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
- Wheeler, W. M.; Creighton, W. S. 1934. A study of the ant genera Novomessor and Veromessor. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 69:341-387. PDF
Extant: 3 valid species
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