Pogonomyrmex badius | |
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Pogonomyrmex badius worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Genus: | Pogonomyrmex |
Species: | P. badius
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Binomial name | |
Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille, 1802)
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Pogonomyrmex badius, or the Florida harvester ant, is a species of harvester ant in the genus Pogonomyrmex.[1] It is the only Pogonomyrmex species found on the east coast of the United States and the only one in North America known to be polymorphic.[2][3] The Florida Harvester ant is commonly found in Florida scrub and other similar habitats within the Atlantic coastal plain.