• Lectotype designation: Johnson et al., 2022: 12.
• Emery, 1895d: 306 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1972b: 240 (l.); Taber & Cokendolpher, 1988: 95 (k.); Johnson et al., 2022: 13 (q.m.)
• Combination in Stenamma (Messor): Emery, 1895d: 306.
• Combination in Novomessor: Emery, 1915k: 73.
• Combination in Novomessor (Veromessor): Forel, 1917: 235; Emery, 1921c: 67.
• Combination in Messor: Wheeler, 1910a: 565; Santschi, 1911d: 5; Bolton, 1982: 341 (in text).
• Combination in Veromessor: Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 362; Ward et al., 2015: 73.
• Status as species: Cresson, 1887: 260; Dalla Torre, 1893: 98; Emery, 1895d: 306; Wheeler, 1904e: 271; Wheeler, 1910a: 565; Santschi, 1911d: 5; Emery, 1915k: 73; Emery, 1921c: 67; Essig, 1926: 860; Wheeler & Creighton, 1934: 362 (redescription); Wheeler, 1935g: 17; Cole, 1937a: 101; Enzmann, 1947b: 152 (in key); Creighton, 1950a: 158; Smith, 1951c: 799; Creighton, 1953a: 3; Smith, 1956a: 36 (in key); Smith, 1958c: 119; Smith, 1967a: 353; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Smith, 1979: 1364; Snelling & George, 1979: 78; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Ward, 2005: 66; Johnson et al., 2022: 12 (diagnosis).
• Senior synonym of Veromessor andrei castaneus: Creighton, 1953a: 3; Smith, 1958c: 119; Smith, 1979: 1364; Snelling & George, 1979: 78; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Johnson et al., 2022: 12.
• Senior synonym of Veromessor andrei flavus: Creighton, 1953a: 3; Smith, 1958c: 119; Smith, 1979: 1364; Snelling & George, 1979: 78; Bolton, 1995b: 252; Johnson et al., 2022: 12.

Junior synonyms

• Veromessor andrei castaneus Wheeler & Creighton, 1934
• Veromessor andrei flavus Wheeler & Creighton, 1934

Obsolete combinations

• Aphaenogaster andrei

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