Pogonomyrmex californicus barnesi

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Pogonomyrmex californicus barnesi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex maricopa)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Pogonomyrmecini
Genus: Pogonomyrmex
Species: Pogonomyrmex californicus barnesi
Smith, M.R., 1929

MCZ-ENT00020573 Pogonomyrmex californicus subsp barnesi hal.jpg

MCZ-ENT00020573 Pogonomyrmex californicus subsp barnesi had.jpg

Type Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

  • barnesi. Pogonomyrmex californicus subsp. barnesi Smith, M.R. 1929: 546 (w.) U.S.A. Subspecies of maricopa: Creighton, 1950a: 127. Junior synonym of maricopa: Cole, 1968: 138.

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 138, Junior synonym of maricopa)
  • Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 127, Subspecies of maricopa)
  • Smith, M. R. 1929c. Descriptions of five new North American ants, with biological notes. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 22: 543-551 (page 546, worker described)