| Pogonomyrmex | |
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| Pogonomyrmex barbatus worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Pogonomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Pogonomyrmex Mayr, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| Formica badia Latreille, 1802
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 69 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ephebomyrmex Wheeler, 1902 | |
Pogonomyrmex is a genus of harvester ants, occurring primarily in the deserts of North, Central, and South America, with a single endemic species from Haiti.[2]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Pogonomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
- ^ Cole, A.C. 1968. Pogonomyrmex Harvester Ants: a study of the genus in North America. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, TN.