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Veromessor stoddardi
(Emery, 1895)
valid
Stenamma (Messor) stoddardi
Emery, 1895d:
307 (w.)
U.S.A. (California).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Johnson et al., 2022: 92). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: California, Riverside County, San Jacinto, #55466 (Hyatt?). Primary type depository: USNM. Primary type specimen: USNMENT00922798 (lectotype).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 8 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: LACM, MSNG, USNM.
Type notes:
Bolton interprets the type locality information from the original description as U.S.A.: California, San Jacinto (Hyatt?) (received from T. Pegande).
- Lectotype designation: Johnson et al., 2022: 92.
- Johnson et al., 2022: 92 (q.m.)
- Combination in Novomessor: Emery, 1915k: 73.
- Combination in Novomessor (Veromessor): Forel, 1917: 235; Emery, 1921c: 67.
- Combination in Messor: Wheeler, 1910a: 565; Bolton, 1982: 341 (in text).
- Combination in Veromessor: Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 385; Ward et al., 2015: 73.
- Status as species: Wheeler, 1910a: 565; Emery, 1915k: 73; Emery, 1921c: 67; Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 385 (redescription); Enzmann, 1947b: 152 (in key); Creighton, 1950a: 161; Smith, 1951c: 799; Smith, 1956a: 37 (in key); Smith, 1958c: 120; Smith, 1979: 1365; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 38 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 257; Ward, 2005: 66; Johnson et al., 2022: 92 (diagnosis).
Obsolete combinations
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. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8:257-360. PDF
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Smith, M. R. 1956a. A key to the workers of Veromessor Forel of the United States and the description of a new subspecies (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 32:36-38. PDF
- Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
- Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. 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, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF
- 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
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synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
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- †Sphecomyrminae
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