Novomessor
| Novomessor | |
|---|---|
| |
| Novomessor cockerelli worker | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Stenammini |
| Genus: | Novomessor Emery, 1915 |
| Type species | |
| Aphaenogaster cockerelli, now Novomessor cockerelli | |
| Diversity | |
| 3 species | |
Novomessor is a genus of ants that was described by Italian entomologist Carlo Emery 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.[1]
Species
- Novomessor albisetosus (Mayr, 1886)
- Novomessor cockerelli (André, 1893)
- Novomessor ensifer (Forel, 1899)
References
- ^ Emery, C. (1915). "Definizione del genere Aphaenogaster e partizione di esso in sottogeneri. Parapheidole e Novomessor nn. gg" (PDF). Rendiconto delle Sessioni della R. Accademia delle Scienze dell'Istituto di Bologna. 19: 67–75. doi:10.5281/ZENODO.11435.
External links
Media related to Novomessor at Wikimedia Commons
