Species: Pogonomyrmex pronotalis
Taxonomic history (from RAJ):
Pogonomyrmex pronotalis Santschi, 1922: 350 (worker). Syntypes examined: 2 workers [MACN], Cajón de Guanaco, Cordillera de Mendoza, Mendoza Province, Argentina (Dr. Carette). See also Gallardo, 1932: 149.
Etymology: The specific epithet, pronotalis (Latin, from pronoto - for pronotum, plus – alis = suffix added to noun stems, meaning pertaining to), is derived from the wide pronotum, which Santschi described as: “middle of the pronotum wider than the mesonotum …”.
Species description: Santschi, 1922 (RAJ revision description)
Other literature: Gallardo, 1932; Kusnezov, 1951
Photos of all castes: lectotype worker, worker