Species: Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Current Valid Name:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)

Pogonomyrmex barbatus subsp. rugosus Emery, 1895d PDF: 309 (w.m.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic. Primary type information: Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated). Type-locality: U.S.A.: California, San Jacinto (no collector’s name). Type-depository: MSNG. Type notes: Emery also mentions isolated males from California, Bernardino County, which should probably not be regarded as type-material. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Cole, 1968: 72 (q.); Taber et al., 1988 PDF: 51 (k.)

Subspecies of Pogonomyrmex barbatus: Wheeler, 1902a PDF: 98 (in key); Wheeler, 1902d PDF: 391 (in key); Wheeler, 1906i PDF: 341; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 565; Santschi, 1911d PDF: 5; Emery, 1921c PDF: 46; Essig, 1926 PDF: 860; Olsen, 1934 PDF: 502; Cole, 1937b PDF: 134; Cole, 1942 PDF: 366; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 120; Smith, 1951c PDF: 792; Smith, 1958c PDF: 114.

Status as species: Cole, 1966b PDF: 5; Cole, 1968: 70 (redescription); Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 21; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Dlussky, 1981b PDF: 48; MacKay, 1981 PDF: 26; MacKay et al., 1985 PDF: 50; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 27; MacKay et al., 1988 PDF: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 341; Taber, 1998 PDF: 148 (in key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 217; Ward, 2005 PDF: 67.

Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex barbatus curvispinosus: Cole, 1968: 70; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 341.

Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex barbatus fuscatus: Cole, 1968: 70; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 341.

Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex barbatus marfensis: Cole, 1968: 70; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 341.

Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex similis: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 120; Smith, 1958c PDF: 114; Smith, 1979: 1354; Bolton, 1995b: 341.

Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex barbatus spadix: Cole, 1968: 70; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 341.

// Distribution

Distribution:

  Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists):
    Americas: Mexico, United States
  Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists):
    Nearctic

Distribution Notes:

collected from the Chiricahua Mtns, Cochise Co.

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Treatment Citation: Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68

Pogonomyrmex rugosus EmeryHNS 1895d

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 10 times found in desert, 14 times found in around desert marsh, 12 times found in along roadside, 10 times found in vacant lot in area with Opuntia and Prosopsis, 10 times found in among Opuntia and Prosopsis, 8 times found in in clustered mass on road, 6 times found in Sonoran desert, 1 times found in sagebrush-riparian vegetation, 1 times found in pine/juniper forest, 2 times found in pine/oak forest, ...

Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 8 times nest in soil, 4 times nests and foragers on soil, 5 times ground nest, 2 times crater nest in soil, 1 times gravel mound nest, 2 times tumulus nest, 1 times foragers on ground, 3 times foragers, 1 times strays on ground, 1 times stray foragers, 1 times open nest with 1m disk, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods: 76 times general collecting, 17 times hand collecting, 12 times search, 6 times direct collection, 2 times hand collected, 1 times salt-borax-alkali, 1 times disc mound.

Elevations: collected from 15 - 2591 meters, 1306 meters average

Collect Date Range: collected between 1937-05-06 00:00:00.0 and 2022-04-27 00:00:00.0

Type specimens: syntype of Pogonomyrmex barbatus fuscatus: casent0904108; syntype of Pogonomyrmex barbatus rugosus: casent0904109; syntype of Pogonomyrmex barbatus marfensis: casent0904110

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Species: Pogonomyrmex rugosus Emery, 1895

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