Veromessor
| Veromessor | |
|---|---|
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| V. pergandei worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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[]
- (Mayr, 1886)
- Wheeler, 1915
- Smith, 1956
- (Pergande, 1894)
- Smith, 1951
- (Andrews, 1916)
- Veromessor pergandei (Mayr, 1886)
- Cole, 1963
- (Emery, 1895)
References[]
- ^ a b Bolton, B. (2015). "Veromessor". AntCat. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
- ^ 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)" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 40 (1): 61–81. doi:10.1111/syen.12090. ISSN 1365-3113. S2CID 83986771.
Categories:
- Myrmicinae
- Ant genera
- Myrmicinae stubs