Taxonomic history
[Misspelled as pecosensis by Santschi, 1921g PDF: 95.].Johnson, 2015 10.11646/zootaxa.4029.1.1 PDF: 51 (ergatoid q.).Subspecies of Pogonomyrmex cunicularius: Bruch, 1915 PDF: 532; Bruch, 1916 PDF: 296; Emery, 1921c PDF: 47; Santschi, 1921g PDF: 95; Santschi, 1931f PDF: 275 (in key); Gallardo, 1932c PDF: 125 (redescription).Junior synonym of Pogonomyrmex cunicularius: Kusnezov, 1951e PDF: 251; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 208; Bolton, 1995b: 341; Bolton, 1995b: 341.Status as species: Johnson, 2015 10.11646/zootaxa.4029.1.1 PDF: 50 (redescription).Material of the unavailable name Pogonomyrmex cunicularius pencosensis dubia referred here by Johnson, 2015 10.11646/zootaxa.4029.1.1 PDF: 50.
