• Wheeler, 1914f: 153 (q.m.); Taber et al., 1988: 51 (k.)
• Combination in Pogonomyrmex: Emery, 1895d: 311
• Junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex badius: Pergande, 1893: 33.
• Status as species: Cresson, 1887: 260; Dalla Torre, 1893: 109; Emery, 1895d: 311; Pergande, 1896: 894; Forel, 1899b: 63; Wheeler, 1902a: 98 (in key); Wheeler, 1902d: 391 (in key); Wheeler, 1902g: 26; Wheeler, 1906i: 341; Wheeler, 1910a: 566; Wheeler, 1914f: 153; Forel, 1914d: 270; Emery, 1921c: 46; Essig, 1926: 861; Tulloch, 1930a: 61; Olsen, 1934: 502; Cole, 1937b: 134; Creighton, 1950a: 120; Smith, 1951c: 793; Cole, 1954b: 117; Cole, 1966b: 4 (in key); Cole, 1968: 120 (redescription); Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Smith, 1979: 1356; Snelling & George, 1979: 56; Dlussky, 1981b: 48; Allred, 1982: 495; Snelling, 1982a: 98; MacKay et al., 1985: 49; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 31; Bolton, 1995b: 340; Taber, 1998: 151 (in key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 210; Ward, 2005: 67; Johnson & Overson, 2009: 313 (in key); Johnson et al., 2013: 225 (in key).
• Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex californicus estebanius: Cole, 1968: 120; Smith, 1979: 1356; Snelling & George, 1979: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 340.
• Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex hindleyi: Snelling & George, 1979: 56; Snelling, 1982a: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 340.
• Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex longinodis: Cole, 1968: 120; Smith, 1979: 1356; Snelling & George, 1979: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 340.
• Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex californicus nitratus: Cole, 1968: 121; Smith, 1979: 1356; Snelling & George, 1979: 56; Bolton, 1995b: 340.

Junior synonyms

• Pogonomyrmex californicus estebanius Pergande, 1893
  Obsolete combination(s): Pogonomyrmex badius estebanius
• Pogonomyrmex californicus nitratus Cook, 1953
• Pogonomyrmex hindleyi Forel, 1914
  Obsolete combination(s): Pogonomyrmex californicus hindleyi
• Pogonomyrmex longinodis Emery, 1895
  Obsolete combination(s): Pogonomyrmex californicus longinodis

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica californica

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