Taxonomic history
Cole, 1968: 72 (q.); Taber et al., 1988 PDF: 51 (k.).Subspecies of Pogonomyrmex barbatus: Wheeler, 1902a PDF: 98 (in key); Wheeler, 1902d PDF: 391 (in key); Wheeler, 1906i PDF: 341; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 565; Santschi, 1911d PDF: 5; Emery, 1921c PDF: 46; Essig, 1926 PDF: 860; Olsen, 1934 PDF: 502; Cole, 1937b PDF: 134; Cole, 1942 PDF: 366; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 120; Smith, 1951c PDF: 792; Smith, 1958c PDF: 114.Status as species: Cole, 1966b PDF: 5; Cole, 1968: 70 (redescription); Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 21; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Dlussky, 1981b PDF: 48; MacKay, 1981 PDF: 26; MacKay et al., 1985: 50; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 27; MacKay et al., 1988: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 341; Taber, 1998: 148 (in key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 217; Ward, 2005 PDF: 67.Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex barbatus curvispinosus: Cole, 1968: 70; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 341.Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex barbatus fuscatus: Cole, 1968: 70; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 341.Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex barbatus marfensis: Cole, 1968: 70; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 341.Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex similis: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 120; Smith, 1958c PDF: 114; Smith, 1979: 1354; Bolton, 1995b: 341.Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex barbatus spadix: Cole, 1968: 70; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 341.
