Veromessor

Veromessor
V. pergandei worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Veromessor Forel, 1917
Type species
Aphaenogaster andrei Mayr, 1886
Diversity [1]
9 species

Veromessor is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. ^[1] The genus was previously classified as a synonym of Messor , but was revived as a genus by Ward et al. (2015). ^[2]

Species

• Veromessor andrei (Mayr, 1886)
• Veromessor chamberlini Wheeler, 1915
• Veromessor chicoensis Smith, 1956
• Veromessor julianus (Pergande, 1894)
• Veromessor lariversi Smith, 1951
• Veromessor lobognathus (Andrews, 1916)
• Veromessor pergandei (Mayr, 1886)
• Veromessor smithi Cole, 1963
• Veromessor stoddardi (Emery, 1895)

References

1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Veromessor". AntCat. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
2. Ward, Philip S.; Brady, Sean G.; Fisher, Brian L.; Schultz, Ted R. (2015). "The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 40 (1): 61–81. Bibcode:2015SysEn..40...61W. doi:10.1111/syen.12090. ISSN   1365-3113. S2CID   83986771.