Pogonomyrmex californicus nitratus

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Pogonomyrmex californicus nitratus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex californicus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Pogonomyrmecini
Genus: Pogonomyrmex
Species: Pogonomyrmex californicus nitratus
Cook, 1953

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex californicus.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • nitratus. Pogonomyrmex californicus subsp. nitratus Cook, 1953: 99, fig. (w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of californicus: Cole, 1968: 121.

References

  • Cole, A. C., Jr. 1968. Pogonomyrmex harvester ants. A study of the genus in North America. Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, x + 222 pp. (page 120, Junior synonym of californicus)
  • Cook, T. W. 1953. The ants of California. Palo Alto, California: Pacific Books: 462 pp. (page 99, worker described)