Pogonomyrmex barbatus nigrescens

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Pogonomyrmex barbatus nigrescens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex barbatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Pogonomyrmecini
Genus: Pogonomyrmex
Species: Pogonomyrmex barbatus nigrescens
Wheeler, W.M., 1902

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nigrescens. Pogonomyrmex barbatus var. nigrescens Wheeler, W.M. 1902c: 389 (w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of fuscatus: Creighton, 1950a: 119; of barbatus: Cole, 1968: 56.

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