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Taxonomic history
Emery, 1895d PDF: 306 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1972b PDF: 240 (l.); Taber & Cokendolpher, 1988 PDF: 95 (k.). |
Combination in Stenamma (Messor): Emery, 1895d PDF: 306; in Novomessor: Emery, 1915k: 73; in Messor (Veromessor): Forel, 1917 PDF: 235; in Veromessor: Wheeler & Creighton, 1934 PDF: 362; in Messor: Bolton, 1982 PDF: 341; in Veromessor: Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz, 2015 PDF: 13. |
Senior synonym of Veromessor andrei castaneus: Creighton, 1953a: 3. |
Senior synonym of Veromessor andrei flavus: Creighton, 1953a: 3. |
Found most commonly in these habitats: 6 times found in chaparral, 6 times found in grassland, 9 times found in open oakwood grassland, 6 times found in oak woodland, 2 times found in grassland/chaparral, 1 times found in open oak chapparal, 1 times found in oak woods/chaparral, 2 times found in chapparal, 2 times found in Valley Oak woodland along dry creek bed, 1 times found in dry meadow, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 39 times under rock, 5 times ground forager(s), 2 times nest in ground, 3 times foragers on ground, 3 times under stone, 1 times open grassland, 4 times ground nest, 1 times foraging column, 1 times workers on ground, 1 times in grassland, 1 times ground foraging, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 10 times hand collecting, 11 times Bay Area Ant Survey (BAAS), 9 times hand collected, 3 times search, 1 times Ground forager, 0 times flat crater, 2' diameter, 0 times indistinct crater, 0 times roadside, broad flat crater, 2 ft. diameter, 0 times under boulder.
Elevations: collected from 6 - 1219 meters, 450 meters average
Type specimens: Lectotype: usnment00529071, usnment00529212; syntype of Aphaenogaster andrei: casent0919790; syntype of Messor andrei: casent0900462