Pogonomyrmex barbatus curvispinosus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus curvispinosus
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 curvispinosus; Cole, 1936

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.

curvispinosus. Pogonomyrmex barbatus subsp. curvispinosus Cole, 1936b: 120 (w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of fuscatus: Creighton, 1950a: 119.

Cole, A. C., Jr. 1936b. Descriptions of seven new western ants. (Hymenop.: Formicidae). Entomol. News 47: 118-121. (page 120, worker described)
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 119, Junior synonym of fuscatus)