• Lectotype designation: Johnson et al., 2022: 27.
• Wheeler & Wheeler, 1972b: 240 (l.); Johnson et al., 2022: 27 (q.), 28 (m.)
• Combination in Novomessor (Veromessor): Emery, 1921c: 67.
• Combination in Messor: Bolton, 1982: 341 (in text).
• Combination in Veromessor: Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 366; Ward et al., 2015: 73.
• Subspecies of Veromessor andrei: Enzmann, 1947b: 152 (in key).
• Status as species: Emery, 1921c: 67; Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 366 (redescription); Wheeler, 1935g: 17; Creighton, 1950a: 159; Smith, 1951c: 799; Smith, 1956a: 37 (in key); Smith, 1958c: 119; Smith, 1979: 1364; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 38 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 253; Ward, 2005: 66; Johnson et al., 2022: 27.

Obsolete combinations

• Messor chamberlini

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
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
• 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
• 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
• 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
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