Veromessor andrei castaneus

Veromessor andrei castaneus Wheeler & Creighton, 1934 junior synonym of current valid taxon Veromessor andrei (Mayr, 1886)

Veromessor andrei subsp. castaneus Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 365 (w.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Johnson et al., 2022: 12). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: California, San Diego County, Jacumba, 13.viii.1917 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: USNM. Primary type specimen: USNMENT00529071 (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 8 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: LACM, USNM. (Source: Johnson et al., 2022: 12.) Type notes: The original description gives the type locality as U.S.A.: California, Jacumba (W.M. Wheeler); other syntypes from California, San Diego (W.M. Wheeler).

Lectotype designation: Johnson et al., 2022: 12.
Subspecies of Veromessor andrei: Enzmann, 1947b: 152 (in key); Creighton, 1950a: 159; Smith, 1951c: 799.
Junior synonym of Veromessor andrei: Creighton, 1953a: 3; Smith, 1958c: 119; Smith, 1979: 1364; Snelling & George, 1979: 78; Bolton, 1995b: 253; Johnson et al., 2022: 12.

Citations

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
Creighton, W. S. 1953a. New data on the habits of the ants of the genus Veromessor. American Museum Novitates 1612:1-18.
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
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
Snelling, R. R.; George, C. D. 1979. The taxonomy, distribution and ecology of California desert ants. Report to California Desert Plan Program, Bureau of Land Management. Riverside: U.S. Dept. Interior, 335 + 89 pp.
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