Taxonomic history
Lectotype designation: Johnson & Cover, 2015 PDF: 244.Wheeler & Mann, 1914 PDF: 28 (q.).Combination in Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex): Wheeler, 1902d PDF: 390.Combination in Ephebomyrmex: Kempf, 1972b PDF: 106.Combination in Pogonomyrmex: Bolton, 1995b: 341.Status as species: Wheeler, 1902d PDF: 390 (in key); Wheeler, 1905c PDF: 127; Wheeler & Mann, 1914 PDF: 27 (redescription); Emery, 1921c PDF: 48; Olsen, 1934 PDF: 514; Wheeler, 1936c PDF: 196; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 106; Bolton, 1995b: 341; Taber, 1998: 147 (in key); Johnson & Cover, 2015 PDF: 244 (redescription); Lubertazzi, 2019 10.3099/MCZ-43.1 PDF: 158.Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex schmitti sublaevigatus: Johnson & Cover, 2015 PDF: 233.