Veromessor

Veromessor
Veromessor andrei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Veromessor Forel, 1917
Type species
Aphaenogaster andrei, now Veromessor andrei
Diversity
11 species (Species Checklist, Species by Country) Specimen labels

Evolutionary Relationships

Myrmicinae Myrmicini   (2 genera) Pogonomyrmecini   (3 genera) Stenammini Stenamma   (85 species) Novomessor   (3 species) Veromessor   (11 species) Aphaenogaster   (227 species) Aphaenogaster   (227 species) Messor   (163 species) Goniomma   (10 species) Oxyopomyrmex   (12 species) Solenopsidini   (22 genera) Attini   (48 genera) Crematogastrini   (65 genera)

Based on Ward et al., 2014

Identification

Keys including this Genus

• Key to North American Genera of Myrmicinae

 

Keys to Species in this Genus

• Key to Veromessor species

Morphology

Karyotype

All Karyotype Records for Genus

Explore Karyotype Data: All, Drilldown

Taxon	Haploid	Diploid	Karyotype	Locality	Source	Notes
Veromessor andrei		40		USA	Taber & Cokendolpher, 1988

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• VEROMESSOR [junior synonym of Messor]
  • Veromessor Forel, 1917: 235 [as subgenus of Novomessor]. Type-species: Aphaenogaster andrei, by subsequent designation of Emery, 1921f: 67.
  • Veromessor raised to genus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 661.
  • Veromessor senior synonym of Lobognathus: Brown, 1949a: 49.
  • Veromessor junior synonym of Messor: Bolton, 1982: 338.
  • Veromessor revived status as genus: Ward et al., 2014: 13.

References

• Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370 (page 338, Veromessor as junior synonym of Messor)
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 232, Veromessor as junior synonym of Messor)
• Brown, W. L., Jr. 1949a. Synonymic and other notes on Formicidae (Hymenoptera). Psyche (Camb.) 56: 41-49 (page 49, Veromessor senior synonym of Lobognathus)
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 104: 1-585 (page 157, Veromessor as genus )
• Donisthorpe, H. 1943h. A list of the type-species of the genera and subgenera of the Formicidae. [concl.]. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(10): 721-737 (page 735, Veromessor as subgenus of Novomessor)
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 67, Type-species: Aphaenogaster andrei, by subsequent designation; Veromessor as subgenus of Novomessor)
• Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 51: 229-253 (page 235, Veromessor as subgenus of Novomessor)
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da regia~o Neotropical. Stud. Entomol. 15: 3-344 (page 257, Veromessor as genus )
• Kusnezov, N. 1952d [1951]. El género Pheidole en la Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Acta Zool. Lilloana 12: 5-88 (page 10, Veromessor as genus (in key))
• Plowes, N. J. R.; Johnson, R. A.; Hölldobler, B. 2013. Foraging behavior in the ant genus Messor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Myrmecological News 18:33-49. [2013-03-22] PDF 142390
• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Pr (page 1364, Veromessor as genus )
• Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F., Krombein, K. V., Townes, H. K. (eds.) Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. U. S. Dep. Agric. Agric. Monogr. 2:1-1420. (page 799, Veromessor as genus )
• Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L. & Schultz, T.R. 2014. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, DOI: 10.1111/syen.12090
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922i. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VII. Keys to the genera and subgenera of ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 45: 631-710 (page 661, Veromessor in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini;Veromessor as genus )
• Wheeler, W. M.; Creighton, W. S. 1934. A study of the ant genera Novomessor and Veromessor. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 69: 341-387 (page 354, Veromessor as genus )