Biology:Veromessor
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Short description: Genus of ants
| Veromessor | |
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| V. pergandei worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Veromessor Forel, 1917 |
| Type species | |
| Aphaenogaster andrei Mayr, 1886
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 9 species | |
Veromessor is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[1] The genus was previously classified as a synonym of Messor, but was revived as a genus by Ward et al. (2015).[2]
Species
- Veromessor andrei (Mayr, 1886)
- Veromessor chamberlini Wheeler, 1915
- Veromessor chicoensis Smith, 1956
- Veromessor julianus (Pergande, 1894)
- Veromessor lariversi Smith, 1951
- Veromessor lobognathus (Andrews, 1916)
- Veromessor pergandei (Mayr, 1886)
- Veromessor smithi Cole, 1963
- Veromessor stoddardi (Emery, 1895)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bolton, B. (2015). "Veromessor". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/429830.
- ↑ Ward, Philip S.; Brady, Sean G.; Fisher, Brian L.; Schultz, Ted R. (2015). "The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Systematic Entomology 40 (1): 61–81. doi:10.1111/syen.12090. ISSN 1365-3113. https://escholarship.org/content/qt2tc8r8w8/qt2tc8r8w8.pdf?t=o171ja.
Wikidata ☰ Q20722030 entry
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