1364 Hymenoptera in America North of Mexico 



fulva aquia var. pusilla (Emery). D. C. 



Stenanima (Aphaenogaster) fulvum aquia var. pusillum Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. 

 System. 8: 306. 5 . 

 texana nana Wheeler. Fla. (Gainesville). 



Aphaenogaster (Attomyrma) texana nana Wheeler, 1932. N. Y. Ent. Soc, Jour. 40: 6. 5 . 

 texana punctithorax Cole. Tenn. (Gregoiy's Bald, Great Smoky Mtn. Natl. Pk.). 



Aphaenogaster texana punctithorax Cole, 1938. Amer. Midland Nat. 19: 239. 5 . 



Genus VEROMESSOR Forel 



Novomessor subg. Veromessor Forel, 1917. Soc. Vaud. des Sci. Nat., Bui. 51:235. 



Type-species: Aphaetiogaster andrei Mayr. Desig. by Emery, 1921. 

 Veromessor subg. Lohogyiathus Enzmann, 1947. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Jour. 55:152. Nomen 

 nudum. 



These are harvester ants, most common in the arid Southwest. They feed on seeds and other 

 Arthropods and usually nest in exposed soil where the nests may or may not be marked with a 

 small crater or piles of chaff from seeds stored in the nest. They are docile ants which seldom 

 sting. 



Revision: Wheeler and Creighton, 1934. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 69:354-387. 



Taxonomy: Smith, 1956. Pan-Pacific Ent. 32:36-37 (key to workers of U. S. species). 



—Wheeler and Wheeler, 1956. Psyche 63:142-143 Garvae). —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1972. 

 Ga. Ent. Soc., Jour. 7:240 (larvae). 



Biology: Creighton, 1953. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1612:1-18. — Went, Wheeler, and Wheeler, 

 1972. BioScience 22:82-88 (feeding and digestion). 

 andrei (Mayr). Oreg., Nev., Ariz., Calif.; Mexico. Ecology: Found from sea level up to 3500 



feet. Nests are in various types of soil and openings are surrounded by a circular disc or 

 low, obscure crater. 

 Aphaenogaster andrei Mayr, 1886. Zool.-Bot. (Jesell. Wien, Verb. 36:443, 448. 5 . 

 , Veromessor andrei flavus Wheeler and Creighton, 1934. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., Proc. 

 69:361,366. 9. 

 Veromessor andrei castaneus Wheeler and Creighton, 1934. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sci., 

 Proc. 69:361, 365. 5 . 



Taxonomy: Emery, 1895. Zool. Jahrb., Abt. f. System. 8:306-307 (worker, female). —Wheeler 

 and Wheeler, 1972. Ga. Ent. Soc., Jour. 7:240 (larva). 



Biology: Wheeler, 1910. Ants, p. 280. —Cole, 1934. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 27:398. — Mallis, 

 1941. South. Calif. Acad. Sci., Bui. 40:7. — Eckert and MalUs, 1937. Calif. Agr. Expt. Sta. 

 Cir. 342:24 (economics). —Creighton, 1953. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1612:2-4. — McCluskey, 

 1958. Science 128:536-537 (daily rhythm of male). —Wheeler and Wheeler, 1973. Ants of 

 Deep Canyon, pp. 65-67. 

 chamberlini (Wheeler). Calif, (coastal islands and mainland). 



Messor chamberlini Wheeler, 1915. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., Bui. 34:410. 5. 



Taxonomy: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1972. Ga. Ent. Soc., Jour. 7:240 Oarva). 

 lariversi Smith. Nev., Calif. Ecology: Nests are in exposed soU or gravel, and may be marked 

 by one or more small circular craters several inches in diameter. 

 Veromessor lariversi Smith, 1951. Great Basin Nat. 11:94-96. 5. 



Taxonomy: Cole, 1955. Tenn. Acad. Sci., Jour. 30:51-52 (female). 



Biology: Creighton, 1953. Amer. Mus. Novitates 1612:5-6. —Cole, 1963. Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 

 56:680-682. —Cole, 1966. Brigham Young Univ., Sci. Bui., Biol. Ser. 7(3): 12. 

 lobogrnathus (Andrews). Southwest. N. Dak., Colo., Nev. Ecology: Colonies are populous and 

 nests are under large stones. 

 Messor lobognathits Andrews, 1916. Psyche 23:82. $ . 



Taxonomy: Wheeler and Wheeler, 1956. Psyche 63:143-145 (larva). —Cole, 1963. Ent. Soc. 

 Amer., Ann. 56:680-682 (each caste). 



