• Veromessor in Myrmicinae, Pheidolini: Wheeler, 1922: 661; subsequent authors.
• Veromessor in Myrmicinae, Myrmicini: Kempf, 1972b: 257.
• Veromessor in Myrmicinae, Stenammini: Ward et al., 2015: 76.
• Veromessor as subgenus of Novomessor: Forel, 1917: 235; Emery, 1921c: 67; Donisthorpe, 1943h: 735.
• Veromessor as junior synonym of Messor: Bolton, 1982: 338; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 14; Ogata, 1991b: 86; Bolton, 1995b: 49; Tang et al., 1995: 53; Bolton, 2003: 231.
• 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; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 38; Ward et al., 2015: 73.
• Veromessor as senior synonym of Lobognathus: Brown, 1949a: 49; Smith, 1979: 1364; Bolton, 1995b: 49; Bolton, 2003: 232.

Junior synonyms

• Lobognathus Enzmann, 1947

Obsolete classifications

• Novomessor (Veromessor)

Citations

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