Species: Pogonomyrmex RAJ-apte (unpublished manuscript name; name not to be used)
Holotype worker: ARGENTINA, Catamarca Province: Departamento de Tinogasta, Chuschuil Valley at 20.9 km S Cortaderas, 27º44.0'S 68º08.2'W, 10,380' (3145 m), 31 January 2010 (R.A. Johnson #4376) [MACN]. Paratypes, same data as holotype: FML (6w), MACN (24w), LACM (6w), MCZ (9w), RAJC (21w), UCDC (3w), USNM (3w). Additional paratype series from the same locality and date - RAJ #4377: MACN (6w), RAJC (6w); RAJ #4378: MACN (12w), RAJC (11w, 1 ergatoid male): RAJ #4379: FML (6w), MACN (9w), RAJC (12w); RAJ #4380: FML (3w), MACN (9w), RAJC (11w, 1 ergatoid male).
Etymology: The specific epithet, apterogenos (Latin, aptero = wingless and genos = parentage), refers to this species having ergatoid or wingless queens and males.
Species description: (from RAJ revision)
Other literature: None
Photos of all castes: holotype worker, worker, ergatoid queen, paratype ergatoid male, ergatoid male; photos of type locality & others