Checklist of Pogonomyrmex species

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Pogonomyrmex. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Pogonomyrmex species and for distribution information see Pogonomyrmex species by Country.

A
abdominalis Santschi, 1929 (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil)

andinus Kusnezov, 1951 (Argentina)

anergismus Cole, 1954 (Mexico, United States)

anzensis Cole, 1968 (United States)

apache Wheeler, W.M., 1902 (Mexico, United States)

• Pogonomyrmex sanctihyacinthi Wheeler, W.M., 1902

apterogenos Johnson, 2021 (Argentina)

araucania Johnson, 2021 (Argentina, Chile)

atacama Johnson, 2021 (Chile)

aterrimus Wheeler, W.M., 1936 (Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Haiti)

• Pogonomyrmex schmitti darlingtoni Wheeler, W.M., 1936

atratus Santschi, 1922 (Argentina)

B
badius (Latreille, 1802) (United States)

• Atta crudelis Smith, F., 1858

• Myrmica brevipennis Smith, F., 1858

• Myrmica transversa Smith, F., 1858

barbatus (Smith, F., 1858) (Mexico, United States)

• Myrmica molefaciens Buckley, 1860

• Pogonomyrmex barbatus nigrescens Wheeler, W.M., 1902

bicolor Cole, 1968 (Mexico, United States)

bigbendensis Francke & Merickel, 1982 (Mexico, United States)

bispinosus (Spinola, 1851) (Chile)

bolivianus Johnson, 2021 (Bolivia)

brevibarbis Emery, 1906 (Argentina)

• Pogonomyrmex ater Donisthorpe, 1933

• Pogonomyrmex carettei Santschi, 1922

brevibarbis niger Santschi, 1925 (Argentina)

• Pogonomyrmex carettei incultus Santschi, 1925

brevibarbis silvestrii Emery, 1906 (Argentina)

• Pogonomyrmex brevibarbis longiceps Santschi, 1917

brevispinosus Cole, 1968 (United States)

C
californicus (Buckley, 1867) (Mexico, United States)

• Pogonomyrmex badius estebanius Pergande, 1893

• Pogonomyrmex californicus longinodis Emery, 1895

• Pogonomyrmex californicus nitratus Cook, 1953

• Pogonomyrmex californius hindleyi Forel, 1914

carbonarius Mayr, 1868 (Argentina)

• Pogonomyrmex kusnezovi Cuezzo & Claver, 2009

• Pogonomyrmex vermiculatus variabilis Santschi, 1916

• Pogonomyrmex weiseri neuquensis Santschi, 1922

catanlilensis Gallardo, 1931 (Argentina)

coarctatus Mayr, 1868 (Argentina, Uruguay)

• Pogonomyrmex coarctatus bruchi Forel, 1913

• Pogonomyrmex coarctatus striaticeps Emery, 1906

colca Johnson, 2021 (Peru)

colei Snelling, R.R., 1982 (United States)

comanche Wheeler, W.M., 1902 (United States)

cunicularius Mayr, 1887 (Argentina, Uruguay)

• Pogonomyrmex cunicularis brevispinus Santschi, 1931

cusquena Johnson, 2021 (Peru)

D
desertorum Wheeler, W.M., 1902 (Mexico, United States)

• Pogonomyrmex desertorum ferrugineus Olsen, 1934

E
excelsior Johnson, 2021 (Argentina, Chile)

F
forelii Johnson, 2021 (Argentina)

G
granulatus Johnson, 2021 (Argentina)

guatemaltecus Wheeler, W.M., 1914 (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico)

H
hoelldobleri Johnson, Overson & Moreau, 2013 (United States)

huachucanus Wheeler, W.M., 1914 (Mexico, United States)

humerotumidus Vásquez-Bolaños & Mackay, 2004 (Mexico)

I
imberbiculus Wheeler, W.M., 1902 (Mexico, United States)

• Pogonomyrmex townsendi Wheeler, W.M., 1909

inermis Forel, 1914 (Argentina)

intermedia Menozzi, 1935 (Chile)

L
laevinodis Snelling, R.R., 1982 (Mexico)

lagunabravensis Johnson, 2021 (Argentina)

laticeps Santschi, 1922 (Argentina)

leonis Kusnezov, 1951 (Argentina)

loaensis Johnson, 2021 (Chile)

lobatus Santschi, 1921 (Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)

longibarbis Gallardo, 1931 (Argentina, Bolivia)

M
magnacanthus Cole, 1968 (Mexico, United States)

mapuche Johnson, 2021 (Argentina)

marcusi Kusnezov, 1951 (Bolivia, Peru)

maricopa Wheeler, W.M., 1914 (Mexico, United States)

• Pogonomyrmex californicus barnesi Smith, M.R., 1929

• Pogonomyrmex californicus sinaloanus Olsen, 1934

maulensis Johnson, 2021 (Chile)

mayri Forel, 1899 (Colombia)

mendozanus Cuezzo & Claver, 2009 (Argentina)

meridionalis Kusnezov, 1951 (Argentina)

micans Forel, 1914 (Argentina, Paraguay)

mohavensis Johnson, 2009 (United States)

montanus Mackay, W.P., 1980 (Mexico, United States)

N
naegelii Forel, 1878 (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela)

• Pogonomyrmex venezuelensis Weber, 1943

• Pogonomyrmex venezuelensis rupununi Weber, 1943

O
occidentalis (Cresson, 1865) (Canada, Mexico, United States)

• Myrmica seminigra Cresson, 1865

• Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ruthveni Gaige, 1914

• Pogonomyrmex occidentalis utahensis Olsen, 1934

• Pogonomyrmex opaciceps Mayr, 1870

P
pencosensis Forel, 1914 (Argentina)

pichachen Johnson, 2021 (Argentina, Chile)

pima Wheeler, W.M., 1909 (Mexico, United States)

pronotalis Santschi, 1922 (Argentina)

propinqua Johnson, 2021 (Argentina)

pulchellus Santschi, 1925 (Argentina)

R
rastratus Mayr, 1868 (Argentina)

rugosus Emery, 1895 (Mexico, United States)

• Pogonomyrmex barbatus curvispinosus Cole, 1936

• Pogonomyrmex barbatus fuscatus Emery, 1895

• Pogonomyrmex barbatus marfensis Wheeler, W.M., 1902

• Pogonomyrmex barbatus spadix Cook, 1953

• Pogonomyrmex similis Olsen, 1934

S
salinus Olsen, 1934 (Canada, United States)

• Pogonomyrmex occidentalis owyheei Cole, 1938

sanmartini Kusnezov, 1953 (Argentina)

santschii Johnson, 2021 (Argentina, Chile)

saucius Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914 (Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Haiti)

schmitti Forel, 1901 (Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Haiti)

• Pogonomyrmex schmitti sublaevigatus Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1914

semistriata Emery, 1906 (Chile)

serpens Santschi, 1922 (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay)

• Pogonomyrmex cunicularis carnivora Santschi, 1925

snellingi Taber, 1998 (Mexico)

spinolae Emery, 1906 (Chile)

stefani Lattke, 2006 (Venezuela)

striatinodus (Fernández & Palacio, 1998) (Colombia, Ecuador)

strioligaster Johnson, 2021 (Argentina)

subdentatus Mayr, 1870 (United States)

subnitidus Emery, 1895 (Mexico, United States)

sylvestris Lattke, 1991 (Venezuela)

T
tafi Johnson, 2021 (Argentina)

tenuipubens Santschi, 1936 (Argentina, Paraguay)

tenuispinus Forel, 1914 (Mexico, United States)

• Pogonomyrmex dentatus Olsen, 1934

texanus Francke & Merickel, 1982 (Mexico, United States)

theresiae Forel, 1899 (Ecuador)

tinogasta Johnson, 2015 (Argentina)

U
uruguayensis Mayr, 1887 (Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay)

V
varicolor Johnson, 2021 (Argentina)

vermiculatus Emery, 1906 (Argentina, Chile)

• Pogonomyrmex vermiculatus chubutensis Forel, 1913

• Pogonomyrmex vermiculatus jorgenseni Forel, 1915

W
weiseri Santschi, 1922 (Argentina)

wheeleri Olsen, 1934 (Mexico)

wilsoni Johnson, 2021 (Chile)

=Fossil Species=

F
fossilis Carpenter, 1930