Species: Pogonomyrmex "neuq" NEW STATUS (unpublished change in status; name not to be used)
Taxonomic history (from RAJ):
Pogonomyrmex weiseri var. neuquensis Santschi, 1922: 243 (worker). Syntypes examined: 1 worker [MACN], 1 worker [MLPA], #1529, ARGENTINA, Neuquén Province: Cerro Policía (Dr. Schiller leg.); Kusnezov, 1951: 252 (synonymy under rastratus; not confirmed here). See also Gallardo, 1932: 148 (MACN worker here designated LECTOTYPE). NEW STATUS

Pogonomyrmex rastratus Mayr; Claver & Fowler, 1993: 191 (nec Mayr); Pirk, et al., 2004: 65 (nec Mayr); Pol & Lopez de Casenave, 2004: 647 (nec Mayr); Pirk & Lopez de Casenave, 2006: 119 (nec Mayr); Pirk, et al., 2007: 1092; Pirk et al., 2009: 908 (nec Santschi); Pirk & Lopez de Casenave, 2010: 439 (nec Mayr); Pol, et al., 2011: 320 (nec Santschi); Pirk & Lopez de Casanave, 2011: 212 (nec Santschi).
Etymology: The naming of this species was derived from Dr. Schiller collecting the syntype series of workers in Neuquén Province, Argentina.
Species description: Santschi 1922 (from RAJ revision)
Other literature: Kusnezov, 1951
Photos of all castes: lectotype worker, worker, alate queen, male