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title: "Rough Harvester Ant"
description: "Pogonomyrmex rugosus — Owady i pająki. Pogonomyrmex rugosus, the desert harvester ant or rough harvester ant, is a species of harvester ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae which is found in the southwestern United States,and Northern Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/rough-harvester-ant
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Rough Harvester Ant

> Pogonomyrmex rugosus — Owady i pająki. Pogonomyrmex rugosus, the desert harvester ant or rough harvester ant, is a species of harvester ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae which is found in the southwestern United States,and Northern Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Pogonomyrmex rugosus*
- Category: `insects` (Owady i pająki)
- Habitats: `desert` (Pustynia)
- iNaturalist observations: 10607
- Wikidata: [Q7207646](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7207646)
- iNaturalist taxon: [69517](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/69517)

## Names

- en: Rough Harvester Ant
- es: Hormiga cosechadora

## Countries with the most observations

US (7105), MX (1516)

## Summary

Pogonomyrmex rugosus, the desert harvester ant or rough harvester ant, is a species of harvester ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae which is found in the southwestern United States,and Northern Mexico.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pogonomyrmex_rugosus

## Photo

![Rough Harvester Ant](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rough-harvester-ant/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dylan C Thomas · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/309358013

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/rough-harvester-ant?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).