Pogonomyrmex californicus sinaloanus

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Pogonomyrmex californicus sinaloanus
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 sinaloanus
Olsen, 1934

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MCZ-ENT00023171 Pogonomyrmex californicus subsp sinaloanus 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.

  • sinaloanus. Pogonomyrmex californicus subsp. sinaloanus Olsen, 1934: 504 (w.) MEXICO. Junior synonym of maricopa: Brown, in Cole, 1954b: 120.

References

  • Cole, A. C., Jr. 1954b. Studies of New Mexico ants. VII. The genus Pogonomyrmex with synonymy and a description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Tenn. Acad. Sci. 29: 115-121 (page 120, Junior synonym of maricopa)
  • Olsen, O. W. 1934. Notes on the North American harvesting ants of the genus Pogonomyrmex Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77: 493-514 (page 504, worker described)