Taxonomic history
Lectotype designation: Johnson, 2015 10.11646/zootaxa.4029.1.1 PDF: 119.Combination in Ephebomyrmex: Kempf, 1972b PDF: 106.Combination in Pogonomyrmex: Bolton, 1995b: 341.Status as species: Kusnezov, 1949c PDF: 294; Kusnezov, 1951e PDF: 250, 262; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 106; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 342; Bolton, 1995b: 341; Taber, 1998: 147 (in key); Wild, 2007b PDF: 36; Cuezzo & Claver, 2009 PDF: 99 (in key); Johnson, 2015 10.11646/zootaxa.4029.1.1 PDF: 119 (redescription).