• Cole, 1968: 140 (m.); Taber et al., 1988: 51 (k.)
• Subspecies of Pogonomyrmex californicus: Emery, 1921c: 46; Essig, 1926: 861; Olsen, 1934: 504; Cole, 1937b: 135; Smith, 1951c: 793; Smith, 1958c: 114.
• Status as species: Creighton, 1950a: 126; Brown, in Cole, 1954b: 120; Smith, 1958c: 115; Smith, 1967a: 351; Cole, 1968: 138 (redescription); Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Smith, 1979: 1356; Snelling & George, 1979: 64; Allred, 1982: 496; MacKay et al., 1985: 50; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 33; MacKay et al., 1988: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 341; Taber, 1998: 149, 150, 151 (in key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 214; Ward, 2005: 67; Johnson & Overson, 2009: 313 (in key); Johnson et al., 2013: 225 (in key).
• Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex maricopa barnesi: Cole, 1968: 138; Smith, 1979: 1356; Snelling & George, 1979: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 341.
• Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex californicus sinaloanus: Brown, in Cole, 1954b: 120; Smith, 1958c: 115; Cole, 1968: 138; Smith, 1979: 1356; Snelling & George, 1979: 64; Bolton, 1995b: 341.

Junior synonyms

• Pogonomyrmex californicus sinaloanus Olsen, 1934
• Pogonomyrmex maricopa barnesi Smith, 1929
  Obsolete combination(s): Pogonomyrmex californicus barnesi

Obsolete combinations

• Pogonomyrmex californicus maricopa

Citations

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