Pogonomyrmex badius estebanius

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Pogonomyrmex badius estebanius
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 badius estebanius
Pergande, 1893

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.

  • estebanius. Pogonomyrmex badius subsp. estebanius Pergande, 1893: 33 (w.q.) MEXICO. Wheeler, W.M. 1914e: 154 (m.). Subspecies of californicus: Emery, 1895c: 311; Wheeler, W.M. 1902c: 391. Junior synonym of californicus: Cole, 1968: 120.

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)
  • Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 8: 257-360 (page 311, Variety of californicus)
  • Pergande, T. 1893. On a collection of Formicidae from Lower California and Sonora, Mexico. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. (2) 4: 26-36 (page 33, worker, queen described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1902d. New agricultural ants from Texas. Psyche (Camb.) 9: 387-393 (page 391, Variety of californicus)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1914f. New and little known harvesting ants of the genus Pogonomyrmex. Psyche (Camb.) 21: 149-157 (page 154, male described)