Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Pogonomyrmecini
Genus: Pogonomyrmex
Species: Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Name

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Cresson, 1865: 426)

Synonyms

• Myrmica occidentalis Cresson
• Myrmica seminigra Cresson
• Pogonomyrmex opaciceps Mayr
• Pogonomyrmex utahensis Olsen
• Pogonomyrmex occidentalis utahensis Olsen
• Pogonomyrmex occidentalis ruthveni Gaige

References

• Cresson, E.T. 1865: Catalogue of Hymenoptera in the collection of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, from Colorado Territory. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 4: 426–488.
• Bert Hölldobler 1976: Recruitment behavior, home range orientation and territoriality in harvester ants, Pogonomyrmex. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 1 (1): 3–44.
• William P. MacKay 1981: A Comparison of the Nest Phenologies of Three Species of Pogonomyrmex Harvester Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche, 88 :25-74.