Pogonomyrmex barbatus spadix

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

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

Nomenclature

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

  • spadix. Pogonomyrmex barbatus subsp. spadix Cook, 1953: 98, figs. (w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of rugosus: Cole, 1968: 70.

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 70, Junior synonym of rugosus)
  • Cook, T. W. 1953. The ants of California. Palo Alto, California: Pacific Books: 462 pp. (page 98, figs. worker described)