''Novomessor'' is a genus of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22 ...
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
''Aphaenogaster'' is a genus of myrmicine ants. About 200 species have been described, including 18 fossil species. They occur worldwide except in South America south of Colombia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Antarctica.
They are often confused w ...
'', 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
''Novomessor cockerelli'' is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is native to the deserts of the Southwestern United States and Mexico. It lives in large underground colonies in which there is a single queen. The worker ants leave ...
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(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