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Barbatus-group Harvester Ants
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Barbatus-group Harvester Ants

Pogonomyrmex barbatus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus is a species of harvester ant from the genus Pogonomyrmex. Its common names include red ant and red harvester ant. These large (5– to 7-mm) ants prefer arid chaparral habitats and are native to the Southwestern United States. Nests are made underground (up to 2.5 m deep) in exposed areas. Their diets consist primarily of seeds, and they consequently participate in myrmecochory, an ant-plant interaction through which the ants gain nutrients and the plants...

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12 branches of this group, most-observed first

Red Harvester Ant

speciesPogonomyrmex barbatus

Rough Harvester Ant

speciesPogonomyrmex rugosus

Pogonomyrmex barbatus × rugosus

hybridPogonomyrmex barbatus × rugosus

Bicolored Harvester Ant

speciesPogonomyrmex bicolor

Desert Harvester Ant

speciesPogonomyrmex desertorum

Pogonomyrmex tenuispinus

speciesPogonomyrmex tenuispinus

Pogonomyrmex wheeleri

speciesPogonomyrmex wheeleri

Pogonomyrmex apache

speciesPogonomyrmex apache

Pogonomyrmex anergismus

speciesPogonomyrmex anergismus

Pogonomyrmex texanus

speciesPogonomyrmex texanus

Big Bend Harvester Ant

speciesPogonomyrmex bigbendensis

Pogonomyrmex colei

speciesPogonomyrmex colei

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1340200.