Pogonomyrmex occidentalis owyheei

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Pogonomyrmex occidentalis owyheei
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex salinus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Pogonomyrmecini
Genus: Pogonomyrmex
Species: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis owyheei
Cole, 1938

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

Nomenclature

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

  • owyheei. Pogonomyrmex occidentalis subsp. owyheei Cole, 1938a: 240 (w.q.) U.S.A. Cole, 1968: 102 (m.). Raised to species: Creighton, 1950a: 130. Junior synonym of salinus: Shattuck, 1987: 173.

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