Taxonomic history
Lectotype designation: Johnson, 2015 10.11646/zootaxa.4029.1.1 PDF: 56.Johnson, 2015 10.11646/zootaxa.4029.1.1 PDF: 57 (ergatoid q.).Subspecies of Pogonomyrmex cunicularius: Santschi, 1931f PDF: 274 (in key); Gallardo, 1932c PDF: 123 (redescription).Junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex cunicularius: Kusnezov, 1951e PDF: 251; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 208; Bolton, 1995b: 341.Status as species: Johnson, 2015 10.11646/zootaxa.4029.1.1 PDF: 56 (redescription).Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex carnivora: Johnson, 2015 10.11646/zootaxa.4029.1.1 PDF: 56.