• Cole, 1968: 72 (q.); Taber et al., 1988: 51 (k.)
• Subspecies of Pogonomyrmex barbatus: Wheeler, 1902a: 98 (in key); Wheeler, 1902d: 391 (in key); Wheeler, 1906i: 341; Wheeler, 1910a: 565; Santschi, 1911d: 5; Emery, 1921c: 46; Essig, 1926: 860; Olsen, 1934: 502; Cole, 1937b: 134; Cole, 1942: 366; Creighton, 1950a: 120; Smith, 1951c: 792; Smith, 1958c: 114.
• Status as species: Cole, 1966b: 5; Cole, 1968: 70 (redescription); Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 21; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Dlussky, 1981b: 48; MacKay, 1981: 26; MacKay et al., 1985: 50; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 27; MacKay et al., 1988: 100; Bolton, 1995b: 341; Taber, 1998: 148 (in key); Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 217; Ward, 2005: 67.
• Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex barbatus curvispinosus: Cole, 1968: 70; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 341.
• Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex barbatus fuscatus: Cole, 1968: 70; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 341.
• Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex barbatus marfensis: Cole, 1968: 70; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 341.
• Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex similis: Creighton, 1950a: 120; Smith, 1958c: 114; Smith, 1979: 1354; Bolton, 1995b: 341.
• Senior synonym of Pogonomyrmex barbatus spadix: Cole, 1968: 70; Smith, 1979: 1354; Snelling & George, 1979: 66; Bolton, 1995b: 341.

Junior synonyms

• Pogonomyrmex barbatus curvispinosus Cole, 1936
• Pogonomyrmex barbatus fuscatus Emery, 1895
• Pogonomyrmex barbatus marfensis Wheeler, 1902
• Pogonomyrmex barbatus spadix Cook, 1953
• Pogonomyrmex similis Olsen, 1934

Obsolete combinations

• Pogonomyrmex barbatus rugosus

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