| Novomessor cockerelli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Novomessor |
| Species: | N. cockerelli
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| Binomial name | |
| Novomessor cockerelli (André, 1893) [1]
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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 the nest daily to forage for seeds, plant material and dead insects.
- ^ "Novomessor cockerelli". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2014-01-18.
- ^ "Novomessor". AntCat. Retrieved 2014-01-18.