• Lectotype designation: Johnson & Cover, 2015: 244.
• Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 28 (q.)
• Combination in Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex): Wheeler, 1902d: 390.
• Combination in Ephebomyrmex: Kempf, 1972b: 106.
• Combination in Pogonomyrmex: Bolton, 1995b: 341.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1902d: 390 (in key); Wheeler, 1905c: 127; Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 27 (redescription); Emery, 1921c: 48; Olsen, 1934: 514; Wheeler, 1936c: 196; Kempf, 1972b: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 341; Taber, 1998: 147 (in key); Johnson & Cover, 2015: 244 (redescription); Lubertazzi, 2019: 158.
• Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex schmitti sublaevigatus: Johnson & Cover, 2015: 233.

Junior synonyms

• Pogonomyrmex schmitti sublaevigatus Wheeler & Mann, 1914

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Forel, A. 1901j. Variétés myrmécologiques. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:334-382. PDF
• Johnson, R. A.; Cover, S. P. 2015. A taxonomic revision of the seed-harvester ant genus Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) on Hispaniola. Zootaxa 3972 (2):231-249. PDF
• Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
• Lubertazzi, D. 2019. The ants of Hispaniola. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 162 (2):59-210. 10.3099/MCZ-43.1 PDF
• Olsen, O. W. 1934. Notes on the North American harvesting ants of the genus Pogonomyrmex Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77:493-514. PDF
• Taber, S. W. 1998. The world of harvester ants. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, xvii + 213 pp. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1902d. New agricultural ants from Texas. Psyche (Cambridge) 9:387-393. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1905c. The ants of the Bahamas, with a list of the known West Indian species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 21:79-135. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1936c. Ants from Hispaniola and Mona Island. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 80:195-211. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M.; Mann, W. M. 1914. The ants of Haiti. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 33:1-61. PDF