Pogonomyrmecini is a
tribe
The term tribe is used in many different contexts to refer to a category of human social group. The predominant worldwide use of the term in English is in the discipline of anthropology. The definition is contested, in part due to conflict ...
of
myrmicine ants with three extant genera, recently formed in 2015.
Genera
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Hylomyrma''
Forel, 1912
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Patagonomyrmex''
Johnson & Moreau, 2016
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Pogonomyrmex
''Pogonomyrmex'' is a genus of harvester ants, occurring primarily in the deserts of North, Central, and South America, with three endemic species from Haiti.Cole, A.C. 1968. Pogonomyrmex Harvester Ants: a study of the genus in North America. Un ...
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Mayr, 1868
References
Myrmicinae
Ant tribes
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