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Novomessor albisetosus

Novomessor albisetosus

Classification

Class
Insecta

Novomessor albisetosus, also known as the desert harvester ant, is a species of ant found in the United States and Mexico. A member of the genus Novomessor in the subfamily Myrmicinae, it was first described by Austrian entomologist Gustav Mayr in 1886. It was originally placed in the genus Aphaenogaster, but a recent phylogenetic study concluded that it is genetically distinct and should be separated.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 611Mexico · 81