Pogonomyrmex californicus valid U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.
Buckley, S. B. 1867. Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae (continued from page 172.). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia 6:335-350.   123311

Pogonomyrmex californicus barnesi obsolete combination U.S.A. (Arizona). Nearctic.
Smith, M. R. 1929c. Descriptions of five new North American ants, with biological notes. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 22:543-551.   128755

Pogonomyrmex californicus estebanius synonym of Pogonomyrmex californicus Mexico (Baja California). Nearctic.
Pergande, T. 1893. On a collection of Formicidae from Lower California and Sonora, Mexico. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (2)4:26-36.   127765

Pogonomyrmex californicus hindleyi obsolete combination U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.
Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50:211-288.   125254

Pogonomyrmex californicus longinodis obsolete combination U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.
Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8:257-360.   124591

Pogonomyrmex californicus maricopa obsolete combination U.S.A. (New Mexico). Nearctic.
Wheeler, W. M. 1914f. New and little known harvesting ants of the genus Pogonomyrmex. Psyche (Cambridge) 21:149-157.   130087

Pogonomyrmex californicus nitratus synonym of Pogonomyrmex californicus U.S.A. (Arizona). Nearctic.
Cook, T. W. 1953. The ants of California. Palo Alto, California: Pacific Books, 462 pp.   123836

Pogonomyrmex californicus sinaloanus synonym of Pogonomyrmex maricopa Mexico (Sinaloa). Neotropic.
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.   127623