''Novomessor'' is a genus of
ant
Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...
s that was described by Italian entomologist
Carlo Emery
Carlo Emery (25 October 1848, Naples – 11 May 1925) was an Italian entomologist. He is remembered for Emery's rule, which states that insect social parasitism (biology), social parasites are often closely related to their hosts.
Early in hi ...
in 1915. Until recently, the genus was thought to be a synonym of ''
Aphaenogaster'', but a 2015 phylogenetic study concluded that the two genera were distinct, reviving ''Novomessor'' from synonymy. Three species are currently described. This genus is known to inhabit the deserts of southwestern United States and Northern Mexico.
Species
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Novomessor albisetosus''
(Mayr, 1886)
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Novomessor cockerelli''
(André, 1893)
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Novomessor ensifer''
(Forel, 1899)
References
External links
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Myrmicinae
Ant genera
Hymenoptera of North America
Insects of the United States
Insects of Mexico