| Pogonomyrmex rugosus | |
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| P. rugosus worker from New Mexico | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Pogonomyrmex |
| Species: | P. rugosus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pogonomyrmex rugosus | |
Pogonomyrmex rugosus, the desert harvester ant or rough harvester ant,[2][3] is a species of harvester ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae which is endemic to the southwestern United States,[4] specifically New Mexico[5] and southern Colorado.[6]
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- ^ LIGHTON, JRB; WEIER, JA and FEENER, DH. 1993. THE ENERGETICS OF LOCOMOTION AND LOAD CARRIAGE IN THE DESERT HARVESTER ANT POGONOMYRMEX-RUGOSUS Journal of experimental biology 181 , pp.49-61
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- ^ "Colorado Insect of Interest: Harvester Ants" (PDF). Colorado State University. Retrieved 2017-09-24.