Protonym: Veromessor smithi
Authorship Cole, 1963a: 678, figs. 1-4
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality U.S.A. (Nevada)
Etymology This species was named after Dr. M.R. Smith, who spent numerous years dedicated to the meticulous study of ants. (Source: Johnson et al., 2022: 88.)
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.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Messor smithi Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Veromessor smithi Cole, 1963
Veromessor smithi Species Valid Original combination