Pogonomyrmex pencosensis

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Pogonomyrmex pencosensis Forel, 1914 valid

Pogonomyrmex cunicularius r. pencosensis Forel, 1914d: 265 (w.eq.m.) ARGENTINA (San Luis). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Type-material: lectotype worker (by designation of Johnson, 2015: 50). Type-locality: lectotype Argentina: San Luis, Alto Pencoso, #1555 (C. Bruch). Type-depository: MLPA. Type-specimen: lectotype CASENT0217253. Secondary type information: Paratype-material: 25 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype ergatoid queen, 1 paralectotype male. Paratype-locality: same as for lectotype. Paratype-depository: MHNG. Type notes: Original description does not mention an ergatoid queen.

[Misspelled as pecosensis by Santschi, 1921g: 95.]
Johnson, 2015: 51 (eq.)
Subspecies of Pogonomyrmex cunicularius: Bruch, 1915: 532; Bruch, 1916: 296; Emery, 1921c: 47; Santschi, 1921g: 95; Santschi, 1931f: 275 (in key); Gallardo, 1932c: 125 (redescription).
Junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex cunicularius: Kusnezov, 1951e: 251; Kempf, 1972b: 208; Bolton, 1995b: 341; Bolton, 1995b: 341.
Status as species: Johnson, 2015: 50 (redescription).
Material of the unavailable name Pogonomyrmex cunicularius pencosensis dubia referred here by Johnson, 2015: 50.

Obsolete combinations

Pogonomyrmex cunicularius pencosensis

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bruch, C. 1915. Suplemento al catálogo de los formícidos argentinos. I. (Addenda et corrigenda). Revista del Museo de La Plata 19:527-537. PDF
Bruch, C. 1916. Contribución al estudio de las hormigas de la provincia de San Luis. Revista del Museo de La Plata 23:291-357. PDF
Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50:211-288. PDF
Gallardo, A. 1932c. Las hormigas de la República Argentina. Subfamilia Mirmicinas, segunda sección Eumyrmicinae, tribu Myrmicini (F. Smith), género Pogonomyrmex Mayr. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 37:89-170. PDF
Johnson, R. A. 2015. A taxonomic revision of South American species of the seed-harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Part I. Zootaxa 4029 (1):1-142. 10.11646/zootaxa.4029.1.1 PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Kusnezov, N. 1951e. El género Pogonomyrmex Mayr (Hym., Formicidae). Acta Zoologica Lilloana 11:227-333. PDF
Santschi, F. 1921g. Ponerinae, Dorylinae et quelques autres formicides néotropiques. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 54:81-103. PDF
Santschi, F. 1931f. Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Argentine. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 112:273-282. PDF

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