ROBERT A. JOHNSON, MAREK L. BOROWIEC, ROY R. SNELLING & ARTHUR C. COLE (2022) A taxonomic revision and a review of the biology of the North American seed-harvester ant genus Veromessor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae Myrmicinae) Zootaxa 5206 (1): 1 - 115. Author JOHNSON, ROBERT A. Author BOROWIEC, MAREK L. Author SNELLING, ROY R. Author COLE, ARTHUR C. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-04-21 5270 3 599 599 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5270.3.11 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5270.3.11 1175-5326 8F289546-3B45-4521-A58D-81A9A8B94C66 On page 10—Couplet 1 under “key to workers for species of Veromessor ” The published version reads: 1 Psammophore well developed, consisting of numerous, long, J-shaped hairs arranged in a distinct row along lateroventral margin of head ( Figure 6E )............................................................................. 2 - Psammophore poorly developed, consisting of numerous, short to medium length hairs scattered across ventral surface of head; long J-shaped hairs lacking, or if present J-shaped hairs arranged in a V-shaped row not reaching posterior part of the lateroventral margin of head capsule, usually mixed with straight or evenly curved hairs ( Figures 6A–D )............... 8 The correction should read as follows: 1 Psammophore well developed, consisting of many, long J-shaped hairs arranged in a distinct row around the outer margin (including posterior margin) of the ventral region of the head capsule, or J-shaped hairs arranged in a V-shaped row not reaching posterior part of the lateroventral margin of head capsule, usually mixed with straight or evenly curved hairs (Figures 6C–E).............................................................................................. 2 - Psammophore poorly developed, with J-shaped hairs mostly absent with scattered straight or evenly curved hairs or J-shaped hairs present but not arranged in a distinct row, usually mixed with straight or evenly curved hairs (Figures 6A–B)........ 8