Veromessor lobognathus
(Andrews, 1916)
valid
Messor lobognathus
Andrews, 1916a:
82, fig. 1 (w.)
U.S.A. (Colorado).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Johnson et al., 2022: 61). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: Colorado, Glenwood Springs, 5750 ft, no date (T.D.A. Cockerell). Primary type depository: USNM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0105632 (lectotype).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC. (Source: Johnson et al., 2022: 61.)
Type notes:
Original description cites 4 worker syntypes.
- Lectotype designation: Johnson et al., 2022: 62.
- Wheeler & Wheeler, 1957c: 142 (l.); Cole, 1963a: 680 (q.m.), Johnson et al., 2022: 62 (q.m.)
- Combination in Messor: Bolton, 1982: 341 (in text).
- Combination in Veromessor: Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 371; Ward et al., 2015: 73.
- Status as species: Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 371 (redescription); Enzmann, 1947b: 152 (in key); Creighton, 1950a: 160; Smith, 1951c: 799; Gregg, 1955b: 45; Smith, 1956a: 37 (in key); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1957c: 140; Smith, 1958c: 119; Cole, 1963a: 680; Cole, 1966b: 11 (in key); Smith, 1967a: 353; Yensen et al., 1977: 183; Smith, 1979: 1364; Allred, 1982: 507; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 255; Johnson et al., 2022: 61 (diagnosis).
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Allred, D. M. 1982. Ants of Utah. Great Basin Naturalist 42:415-511.
- Andrews, H. 1916a. A new ant of the genus Messor from Colorado. Psyche (Cambridge) 23:81-83. PDF
- 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.
- Cole, A. C., Jr. 1963a. A new species of Veromessor from the Nevada Test Site and notes on related species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 56:678-682. PDF
- Cole, A. C., Jr. 1966b. Ants of the Nevada Test Site. Brigham Young University Science Bulletin. Biological Series 7(3):1-27. PDF
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
- Enzmann, J. 1947b. New forms of Aphaenogaster and Novomessor. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 55:147-152. PDF
- Gregg, R. E. 1955b. The rediscovery of Veromessor lobognathus (Andrews) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 62:45-52.
- 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
- Smith, M. R. 1967a. Family Formicidae. Pp. 343-374 in: Krombein, K. V.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584. 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. 1957c ("1956"). Veromessor lobognathus in North Dakota (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Cambridge) 63:140-145. 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.; 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
- Yensen, N. P.; Clark, W. H.; Francoeur, A. 1977. A checklist of Idaho ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 53:181-187. PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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- †Sphecomyrminae
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