Pogonomyrmex californicus nitratus
Pogonomyrmex californicus nitratus | |
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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)