Veromessor

Identification Keys

 * Key to Veromessor species

Species richness
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Nomenclature

 * VEROMESSOR [junior synonym of Messor]
 * Veromessor Forel, 1917: 235 [as subgenus of Novomessor]. Type-species: Aphaenogaster andrei, by subsequent designation of Emery, 1921f: 67.
 * Veromessor raised to genus: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 661.
 * Veromessor senior synonym of Lobognathus: Brown, 1949a: 49.
 * Veromessor junior synonym of Messor: Bolton, 1982: 338.
 * Veromessor revived status as genus: Ward et al., 2014: 13.