Pogonomyrmex | |
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Pogonomyrmex barbatus worker | |
Scientific 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
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Diversity[1] | |
69 species | |
Synonyms | |
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]