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Species Pogonomyrmex maricopa - Maricopa Harvester Ant

red ant with pointed abdomen - Pogonomyrmex maricopa

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Maricopa Harvester Ant? - Pogonomyrmex maricopa

harvester ants - Pogonomyrmex maricopa - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)

Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)

Family Formicidae (Ants)

Subfamily Myrmicinae

Tribe Pogonomyrmecini

Genus Pogonomyrmex (Harvester Ants)

No Taxon (californicus complex)

Species maricopa (Maricopa Harvester Ant)

Identification

They lack propodeal spines, have a straight anterior edge to their clypeus, and are larger and more strongly punctate in the intrarugal areas than P. californicus. [Comment by Paul Lenhart]

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 11 February, 2009 - 6:57pm

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