Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Pogonomyrmex occidentalis

Taxonavigation

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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

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Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Cresson, 1865: 426)

Synonyms

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

References

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  • 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.