Species: Pogonomyrmex mayri
Taxonomic history (from RAJ):
Pogonomyrmex (Janetia) mayri Forel, 1899: 61 (worker, male, in footnote). Syntypes examined: 2 workers [AMNH], 2 workers, 1 male [NMW], 3 workers [USNM], 3 workers [ZSM], COLUMBIA, Departamento Magdalena, Ciénega; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953: 112 (larvae); Kugler, 1978: 170, figs. 1-4 (queen) (NMW worker here designated LECTOTYPE).
Pogonomyrmex (Forelomyrmex) mayri Forel; Wheeler, 1913: 80. First combination in Forelomyrmex.
Pogonomyrmex mayri Forel; Lattke, 1991: 305. First combination in Pogonomyrmex.
Etymology:
This species was apparently named to honor Dr. Gustav Mayr, who erected the genus Pogonomyrmex in 1868; Mayr also described six South American species of Pogonomyrmex.
Species description:
Forel, 1899 (from RAJ revision)
Other literature:
Kugler, 1978: Kugler & Hincapie, 1983; Kugler, 1984; Guerrero & Sarmiento, 2010
Photos of all castes:
lectotype worker, worker, ergatoid queen, male

Photos courtesy of Brian Fisher & Antweb