Veromessor julianus clarior

Veromessor julianus clarior
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Veromessor julianus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Stenammini
Genus:	Veromessor
Species:	Veromessor julianus clarior Wheeler, W.M. & Creighton, 1934

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Veromessor julianus.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• clarior. Veromessor julianus subsp. clarior Wheeler, W.M. & Creighton, 1934: 370 (w.) MEXICO (Baja California).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Mexico: Baja California, Commondu (H.C. Millender).
  • Type-depository: MCZC.
  • Combination in Messor: Bolton, 1995b: 253.
  • Subspecies of julianus: Enzmann, J. 1947b: 152 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 253.
  • Junior synonym of julianus: Johnson et al., 2022: 40.
  • Distribution: Mexico.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 253, Combination in Messor)
• 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 52061, 1-115 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5206.1.1).
• Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L. & Schultz, T.R. 2014. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology, DOI: 10.1111/syen.12090
• Wheeler, W. M.; Creighton, W. S. 1934. A study of the ant genera Novomessor and Veromessor. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 69: 341-387.