• Cole, 1968: 126 (q.m.); Taber et al., 1988: 51 (k.)
• Subspecies of Pogonomyrmex occidentalis: Creighton, 1950a: 128; Cole, 1954b: 120; Cole, 1955b: 50; Smith, 1958c: 115; Gregg, 1963: 333; Smith, 1967a: 351.
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1910a: 566; Wheeler, 1914f: 156; Emery, 1921c: 46; Olsen, 1934: 505; Smith, 1951c: 793; Cole, 1968: 126 (redescription); Smith, 1979: 1356; Bolton, 1995b: 340; Taber, 1998: 150 (in key); Johnson & Overson, 2009: 313 (in key); Johnson et al., 2013: 225 (in key).

Obsolete combinations

• Pogonomyrmex occidentalis comanche

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Cole, A. C., Jr. 1954b. Studies of New Mexico ants. VII. The genus Pogonomyrmex with synonymy and a description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 29:115-121. PDF
• Cole, A. C., Jr. 1955b. Studies of New Mexico ants. XV. Additions, corrections, and new synonymy. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 30:49-50. PDF
• Cole, A. C., Jr. 1968. Pogonomyrmex harvester ants. A study of the genus in North America. Knoxville, Tenn.: University of Tennessee Press, x + 222 pp.
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 + 7 plates. PDF
• Gregg, R. E. 1963. The ants of Colorado, with reference to their ecology, taxonomy, and geographic distribution. Boulder: University of Colorado Press, xvi + 792 pp.
• Johnson, R. A.; Overson, R. P. 2009. A new North American species of Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Mohave desert of eastern California and western Nevada. Journal of Hymenoptera Research 18:305-314. PDF
• Johnson, R. A.; Overson, R. P.; Moreau, C. S. 2013. A new species of seed-harvester ant, Pogonomyrmex hoelldobleri (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), from the Mohave and Sonoran Deserts of North America. Zootaxa 3646:201-227. 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
• Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
• Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
• Smith, M. R. 1967a. Family Formicidae. Pp. 343-374 in: Krombein, K. V.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1967. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalog. Second supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 2):1-584. PDF
• Taber, S. W. 1998. The world of harvester ants. College Station, Texas: Texas A&M University Press, xvii + 213 pp. PDF
• Taber, S. W.; Cokendolpher, J. C.; Francke, O. F. 1988. Karyological study of North American Pogonomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Insectes Sociaux 35:47-60. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1902d. New agricultural ants from Texas. Psyche (Cambridge) 9:387-393. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1910a. Ants: their structure, development and behavior. New York: Columbia University Press, xxv + 663 pp. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1914f. New and little known harvesting ants of the genus Pogonomyrmex. Psyche (Cambridge) 21:149-157. PDF