Pogonomyrmex californicus | |
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P. californicus worker from Arizona | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Pogonomyrmex |
Species: | P. californicus
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Binomial name | |
Pogonomyrmex californicus Cole, 1968
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Pogonomyrmex californicus, or California harvester ant,[1] is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is native to North America, where it occurs in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.[2] It is best known as the ant that is sent out for Uncle Milton's Ant Farm.[3]