Pogonomyrmex rugosus

Pogonomyrmex rugosus
P. rugosus worker from New Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Pogonomyrmex
Species: P. rugosus
Binomial name
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Emery, 1895[1]

Pogonomyrmex rugosus, or rough harvester ant,[2] is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae which is endemic to the southwestern United States.[3]

References

  1. Emery, C. (1895). "Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss.)". Zoologische Jahrbücher Abteilung für Systematik Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere. 8: 257–360.
  2. Del Toro, I.; Floyd, K.; Gardea-Torresdey, J.; Borrok, D. (2010). "Heavy metal distribution and bioaccumulation in Chihuahuan Desert Rough Harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex rugosus) populations". Environmental Pollution. 158 (5): 1281. doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2010.01.024.
  3. "Species: Pogonomyrmex (Pogonomyrmex) (barbatus-group) rugosus". AntWeb. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 May 2014.


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