Veromessor pergandei

Veromessor pergandei
V. pergandei worker from the United States
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Veromessor
Species:
V. pergandei
Binomial name
Veromessor pergandei
(Mayr, 1886)

Veromessor pergandei is a species of harvester ant native to the Southwestern United States, especially the deserts of southeastern California. It has also been identified in the Baja California peninsula of Mexico.[1] It was first described by Gustav Mayr, who named it Aphaenogaster pergandei.[2][3] It can also be referred to as a black harvester ant or desert harvester ant, although these common names have also been applied to other species.[4][5]

  1. ^ Wheeler, William Morton; Creighton, William Steel (1934). "A study of the ant genera Novomessor and Veromessor" (PDF). Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 69 (9): 341–387. doi:10.2307/20023057. JSTOR 20023057. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  2. ^ Mayr, Gustav (1886). "Die Formiciden der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika" (PDF). Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft (in German). 36. Vienna: 419–464. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  3. ^ "Veromessor". AntWiki. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  4. ^ Lighton, J.R.; Bartholomew, G.A. (1988). "Standard energy metabolism of a desert harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex rugosus: Effects of temperature, body mass, group size, and humidity". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 85 (13): 4765–4769. Bibcode:1988PNAS...85.4765L. doi:10.1073/pnas.85.13.4765. PMC 280516. PMID 16593953.
  5. ^ "Black Harvester Ant". Orkin. Archived from the original on 30 August 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2013.