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Tribe Pogonomyrmecini

Representative Images

Pogonomyrmex bicolor workers among debris (chaff) from previously harvested grass, near nest entrance. - Pogonomyrmex bicolor Pogonomyrmex - Pogonomyrmex californicus Death Valley ant - Pogonomyrmex - female Orange Ant - Pogonomyrmex maricopa Pogonomyrmex queen - Pogonomyrmex - female Pogonomyrmex - Pogonomyrmex barbatus Pogonomyrmex badius Ant ~1cm - Pogonomyrmex - 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

Explanation of Names

Pogonomyrmecini Ward, Brady, Fisher & Schultz 2014

Numbers

~130 spp. in 2 genera total(1)

Internet References

Taxon page(1)

Works Cited

1.AntWiki
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 15 March, 2010 - 7:10pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 29 October, 2023 - 7:26pm

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