Veromessor pergandei
(Mayr, 1886)
valid
Aphaenogaster pergandei
Mayr, 1886d:
448 (w.)
U.S.A. (California).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Johnson et al., 2022: 67). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: California, no location, v.1884. Primary type depository: USNM. Primary type specimen: USNMENT00531691 (lectotype).
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 8 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: USNM. (Source: Johnson et al., 2022: 67.)
Type notes:
Mayr says the specimens were “received from Pergande”; other paralectotype specimens are retained in NHMW.
- Lectotype designation: Johnson et al., 2022: 67.
- Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 376 (s.q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1972b: 240 (l.); Johnson et al., 2022: 68 (q.m.)
- Combination in Stenamma (Messor): Emery, 1895d: 307.
- Combination in Novomessor: Emery, 1915k: 73.
- Combination in Novomessor (Veromessor): Forel, 1917: 234; Emery, 1921c: 67.
- Combination in Messor: Wheeler, 1910a: 565; Bolton, 1982: 341 (in text).
- Combination in Veromessor: Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 374; Ward et al., 2015: 73.
- Status as species: Cresson, 1887: 260; Dalla Torre, 1893: 104; Pergande, 1893: 33; Emery, 1895d: 307; Wheeler, 1910a: 565; Emery, 1915k: 73; Emery, 1921c: 67; Essig, 1926: 860; Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 374 (redescription); Cole, 1937a: 101; Enzmann, 1947b: 152 (in key); Creighton, 1950a: 160; Smith, 1951c: 799; Smith, 1956a: 37 (in key); Smith, 1958c: 120; Cole, 1963a: 681 (in key); Cole, 1966b: 11 (in key); Smith, 1967a: 353; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Smith, 1979: 1365; Snelling & George, 1979: 80; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 256; Ward, 2005: 66; Johnson et al., 2022: 67 (diagnosis).
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- 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. 1937a. An annotated list of the ants of Arizona (Hymen.: Formicidae). [part]. Entomological News 48:97-101. PDF
- 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
- Cresson, E. T. Sr. 1887. Synopsis of the families and genera of the Hymenoptera of America, north of Mexico, together with a catalogue of the described species, and bibliography. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Suppl. Vol. 1887:1-351. PDF
- Dalla Torre, K. W. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. PDF
- Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8:257-360. PDF
- Emery, C. 1915k. Definizione del genere Aphaenogaster e partizione di esso in sottogeneri. Parapheidole e Novomessor nn. gg. Rendiconti delle Sessioni della Reale Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna. Classe di Scienze Fisiche (n.s.)19:67-75. PDF
- Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
- Enzmann, J. 1947b. New forms of Aphaenogaster and Novomessor. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 55:147-152. PDF
- Essig, E. O. 1926. Insects of western North America. New York: Macmillan, xi + 1035 pp. PDF
- Forel, A. 1917. Cadre synoptique actuel de la faune universelle des fourmis. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 51:229-253. PDF
- Hunt, J. H.; Snelling, R. R. 1975. A checklist of the ants of Arizona. Journal of the Arizona Academy of Science 10:20-23. 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
- Mayr, G. 1886d. Die Formiciden der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 36:419-464. PDF
- Pergande, T. 1893. On a collection of Formicidae from Lower California and Sonora, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (2)4:26-36. 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
- 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.
- Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. 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. 1972b. Ant larvae of the subfamily Myrmicinae: second supplement on the tribes Myrmicini and Pheidolini. Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society 7:233-246. 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. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 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
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
- All genera
- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae