Veromessor smithi Cole, 1963a: 678, figs. 1-4 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Nevada). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Nevada, Mercury, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission test site, 3300 ft, 15.vii.1962, NEV-721 (A.C. Cole). Primary type depository: LACM. Primary type specimen: LACMENT164497. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: >132 paratype workers, >19 paratype queens, >16 paratype males. Secondary type locality: paratypes: with same data as holotype, and with same data as holotype but 15.vii.1962 NEV-722, 17.vii.1962 NEV-739, 4.vii.1962 NEV-741, 20.vi.1962 NEV-744, -745, -757, -758, 23.vi.1962 NEV-759. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, DRIR, FMNH, LACM, MCZC, UATA, USNM. Type notes: Numbers of paratypes not stated in original description, “a long series”; numbers recorded here are from Johnson et al., 2022: 86, but they omit several depositories cited in the original description.