Species: Pogonomyrmex naegalii
Taxonomic history (from RAJ):
Pogonomyrmex naegelii
Forel, in Emery, 1878: x (worker). Syntypes examined: 2 workers [MSNG], 1 worker [USNM], BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro: (Carlos Naegeli leg.); Forel, 1886: XLI (worker redescribed as new); Mayr, 1887: 612 (queen, male); Wheeler and Wheeler, 1972: 237 (larvae). See also Gallardo, 1932: 109, figs. 4, 5 (MSNG worker here designated LECTOTYPE). Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex) naegelii Forel; Wheeler, 1902: 390. First combination in subgenus Ephebomyrmex.
Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex) venezuelensis Weber 1943: 69, fig. 2 (incorrectly captioned as Leptothorax anduzei (worker). Syntypes examined: 1 worker [MCZ], VENEZUELA, Departamento Anzoátegui, from the llanos about 15 km north of Soledad, across from Ciudad Bolivar (N.A. Weber leg., 27 January 1935). Kempf, 1960: 428 (synonomy under naegelii: here confirmed) (MCZ worker here designated LECTOTYPE).
Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex) venezuelensis ssp. rupununi Weber 1943: 71 (worker). Types examined: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker [MCZ], #5606, BRITISH GUIANA, in the southern Rupununi Savannah (Dr. J.G. Myers leg., 11 November 1935). Kempf, 1960: 428 (synonomy under naegelii: here confirmed).
Ephebomyrmex naegelii Forel; Kempf, 1972: 106. First combination in Ephebomyrmex. Pogonomyrmex naegelii Forel; Lattke, 1991: 305. Revived combination in Pogonomyrmex.
Etymology:
The specific epithet, naegelii (Latinization of Naegeli), is derived from Carlos Naegeli, who collected the syntype workers of this species.
Species description: Forel, 1886; Emery, 1978 (RAJ revision description)
Other literature:
Gallardo, 1932; Kusnezov, 1951; Belchoir, et al., 2012
Photos of all castes:
lectotype worker, worker, alate queen, ergatoid queen, male

Photos courtesy of Brian Fisher & Antweb