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Taxonomic history
Found most commonly in these habitats: 2 times found in Larrea desert, 1 times found in dry meadow, 2 times found in chaparral, 3 times found in Creosote bush-mesquite desert, 1 times found in desert scrub, 1 times found in desert wash, 2 times found in creosote bush desert, 1 times found in creosote flats, 1 times found in open grassland, 1 times found in Sonora desert scrub, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 2 times nest in ground, 1 times nest in bare soil, 2 times ground nest, 1 times strays on ground, 1 times nest in soil, 3 times large crater with chaff, 1 times foragers, 1 times crater nest in sand, 1 times colony in dirt road, 1 times polydomous tumulus nest, 1 times lava, cinder, sandy soil, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 4 times hand collecting, 7 times Pitfall, 4 times search, 3 times hand collected, 1 times direct collection, 1 times ethylene glycol pitfall.
Elevations: collected from 113 - 1341 meters, 560 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1884-05-01 and 2018-04-25
Type specimens: Lectotype of Veromessor pergandei: usnment00531691; syntype of Aphaenogaster pergandei: casent0919791