Pogonomyrmex ater

Pogonomyrmex ater
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex brevibarbis)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Pogonomyrmecini
Genus:	Pogonomyrmex
Species:	Pogonomyrmex ater Donisthorpe, 1933

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

Nomenclature

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

• ater. Pogonomyrmex (Pogonomyrmex) ater Donisthorpe, 1933c: 532 (w.q.m.) ARGENTINA. Junior synonym of brevibarbis: Kusnezov, 1951a: 250.

References

• Donisthorpe, H. 1933d. On a small collection of ants made by Dr. F. W. Edwards in Argentina. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(12): 532-538.

• Kusnezov, N. 1951e. El género Pogonomyrmex Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Acta Zool. Lilloana 11: 227-333 (page 250, Junior synonym of brevibarbis)