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Pogonomyrmex dentatus
| Pogonomyrmex dentatus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Pogonomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Pogonomyrmex |
| Species: | Pogonomyrmex dentatus Olsen, 1934 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- dentatus. Pogonomyrmex dentatus Olsen, 1934: 505 (w.) MEXICO. Junior synonym of tenuispinus: Cole, 1968: 77.
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 77, Junior synonym of tenuispinus)
- Olsen, O. W. 1934. Notes on the North American harvesting ants of the genus Pogonomyrmex Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77: 493-514 (page 505, worker described)