Veromessor
Forel, 1917
valid
masculine
Veromessor
Forel, 1917:
235
[as subgenus of Novomessor]
Type-species:
Aphaenogaster andrei (obsolete combination of Veromessor andrei), by subsequent designation of Emery, 1921c: 67.
- Veromessor in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Wheeler, 1922: 661; all subsequent authors.
- Veromessor as subgenus of Novomessor: Forel, 1917: 235; Emery, 1921c: 67; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 735.
- Veromessor as genus: Wheeler, 1922: 661; Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 354; Creighton, 1950a: 157; Smith, 1951c: 799; Kusnezov, 1952d: 10 (in key); Kempf, 1972b: 257; Smith, 1979: 1364.
- Veromessor as junior synonym of Messor: Bolton, 1982: 338.
- Lobognathus Enzmann, 1947b: 152 [as subgenus of Veromessor]. Erroneous entry for Veromessor lobognathus and hence Lobognathus is automatically a junior synonym of Veromessor (Brown, 1949a: 49).
- [Sphaeromessor Bernard, 1985: 48. Unavailable name. Proposed without designation of type-species and therefore unavailable. Species included by Bernard (1985) are all referable to Messor: Bolton, 1995b: 46.]
- Veromessor as genus: Ward et al., 2015: 13.
Obsolete classifications
Genus Veromessor references
Cantone, 2017: 247 (brief male diagnosis); Johnson et al., 2022: 1 (revision, review of biology), 7 (genus diagnosis, description of worker, queen), 8 (description of male, synonymic list of species), 10 (workers key, queens key), 11 (males key).
Citations
- Bernard, F. 1985. Recherches sur l'évolution des fourmis moissonneuses (Hym. Formicidae). Actes des Colloques Insectes Sociaux 2:45-55.
- 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
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Brown, W. L., Jr. 1949a. Synonymic and other notes on Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Psyche (Cambridge) 56:41-49. 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
- Donisthorpe, H. 1943h. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [concl.]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (11)10:721-737.
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
- Enzmann, J. 1947b. New forms of Aphaenogaster and Novomessor. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 55:147-152. 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
- Johnson, R. A.; Borowiec, M. L.; Snelling, R. R.; Cole, A. C. 2022. A taxonomic revision and a review of the biology of the North American seed-harvester ant genus Veromessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Zootaxa 5206 (1):1-115. 10.11646/zootaxa.5206.1.1 PDF
- Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
- Kusnezov, N. 1952d ("1951"). El género Pheidole en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 12:5-88. PDF
- Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
- Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
- Ward, P. S.; Brady, S. G.; Fisher, B. L.; Schultz, T. R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40:61-81. 10.1111/syen.12090 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: 10 valid species
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