Johnson, Robert A.; Borowiec, Marek L.; Snelling, Roy R.; Cole, Arthur C.
A taxonomic revision and a review of the biology of the North American seed-harvester ant genus Veromessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae)
FIGURE 1. Photographs of the metasternal process on males of Veromessor: (A) V. andrei (CASENT4010823), (B) V. chamberlini (UCRC_ENT00500152), (C)V.chicoensis (CASENT0869853), (D) V.julianus (LACMENT359792),(E)V.lariversi (CASENT0761204), (F) V. lobognathus (LACMENT363986), (G) V. pergandei (CASENT0869850), (H) V. pseudolariversi (CASENT0869851), (I) V. smithi (LACMENT364071), and (J) V. stoddardi (LACMENT364102). Photographs by Robert Johnson from www.AntWeb.org.
FIGURE 27. Geographic distribution of: (A) Veromessor julianus, (B) V. lariversi, and (C) V. lobognathus. The larger black circle in each panel denotes the type locality.
FIGURE 25. Photograph of Veromessor julianus male: (A) frontal view of head, (B) lateral view of body, and (C) dorsal view of body (CASENT0923344). Photographs by Michele Esposito from www.AntWeb.org.
FIGURE 26. Bivariate plots for workers of the two color forms (bicolored and dark) of Veromessor julianus: (A) head width versus head length, (B) mesosoma length versus pronotum width, and (C) mesosoma length versus eye length. Sample size for each color form is in parentheses.