| Authorship | Olsen, 1934: 512, pl. 6, fig. 2 | 
|---|---|
| Forms | w. | 
| Bioregion | Nearctic | 
| Locality | U.S.A. (Arizona) | 
| Primary type information | Primary type material: 14 syntype workers. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Arizona, Oracle, N slope Mt. Lemon, 4500 ft, 13.iii.1919 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: MCZC. | 
| Pogonomyrmex similis | Species | Synonym junior synonym of current valid taxon Pogonomyrmex rugosus Emery, 1895 | Original combination |