Pogonomyrmex badius

Pogonomyrmex badius
Pogonomyrmex badius worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Pogonomyrmex
Species:
P. badius
Binomial name
Pogonomyrmex badius
(Latreille, 1802)

Pogonomyrmex badius, or the Florida harvester ant, is a species of harvester ant in the genus Pogonomyrmex.[1] It is the only Pogonomyrmex species found on the east coast of the United States and the only one in North America known to be polymorphic.[2][3] The Florida Harvester ant is commonly found in Florida scrub and other similar habitats within the Atlantic coastal plain.

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  3. ^ "Florida harvester ant - Pogonomyrmex badius".