• Cole, 1955c: 52 (q.); Cole, 1963a: 680 (m.); Johnson et al., 2022: 53 (q.m.)
• Combination in Messor: Bolton, 1982: 341 (in text).
• Combination in Veromessor: Ward et al., 2015: 73.
• Status as species: Cole, 1955c: 52; Smith, 1956a: 37 (in key); Smith, 1958c: 119; Cole, 1963a: 680; Cole, 1966b: 11 (in key); Smith, 1967a: 353; Smith, 1979: 1364; Snelling & George, 1979: 79; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 255; Ward, 2005: 66; Johnson et al., 2022: 52 (diagnosis).

Obsolete combinations

• Messor lariversi

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. 1955c. Studies of Nevada ants. I. Notes on Veromessor lariversi M. R. Smith and a description of the queen (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 30:51-52. 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
• 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. 1951d. Two new ants from western Nevada (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Great Basin Naturalist 11:91-96. 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. 1986g. The ants of Nevada. Los Angeles: Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, vii + 138 pp. PDF