Pogonomyrmex mendozanus

Distribution
This taxon was described from Argentina.

Diet
Dietary preferences of these seed harvesting ants have been studied in the Monte Desert (Biosphere Reserve of Ñacuñán ), Argentina (see Pirk et. al 2011). In choice tests this species preferred seeds of grass species to those of forbs and shrub.

Nomenclature

 *  mendozanus. Pogonomyrmex mendozanus Cuezzo & Claver, 2009: 101, figs. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7-11 (w.q.m.) ARGENTINA.