Pogonomyrmex

Pogonomyrmex
Pogonomyrmex barbatus worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Diversity[1]
69 species
Synonyms

Ephebomyrmex Wheeler, 1902
Forelomyrmex Wheeler, 1913
Janetia Forel, 1899

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]

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Pogonomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  2. ^ Cole, A.C. 1968. Pogonomyrmex Harvester Ants: a study of the genus in North America. University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville, TN.