• Creighton, 1957a: 63 (q.); Cole, 1968: 171 (m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1972b: 237 (l.); Taber et al., 1988: 51 (k.); Heinze et al., 1992: 267 (eq.)
• Combination in Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex): Wheeler, 1902d: 390
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1902d: 390 (in key); Wheeler, 1910a: 566; Emery, 1921c: 48; Olsen, 1934: 513; Creighton, 1950a: 132; Smith, 1951c: 794; Cole, 1954b: 120; Creighton, 1957a: 56; Smith, 1958c: 116; Cole, 1966b: 4 (in key); Smith, 1967a: 351; Cole, 1968: 167 (redescription); Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Smith, 1979: 1357; Snelling & George, 1979: 61; Dlussky, 1981b: 48; Allred, 1982: 496; Snelling, 1982a: 110 (in key); MacKay et al., 1985: 47; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 33; MacKay et al., 1988: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 340; Taber, 1998: 147 (in key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 213; Ward, 2005: 67.
• Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex townsendi: Creighton, 1957a: 56 (in text); Smith, 1958c: 116; Cole, 1968: 167; Smith, 1979: 1357; Snelling & George, 1979: 61; Bolton, 1995b: 340.

Junior synonyms

• Pogonomyrmex townsendi Wheeler, 1909

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