'Pogonomyrmex crudelis' definitions:
Definition of 'Pogonomyrmex crudelis'
From: GCIDE
- Harvesting \Har"vest*ing\, a. & n., from Harvest, v. t. [1913 Webster]
- Harvesting ant (Zool.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and Aphenogaster barbara; that of Texas, called agricultural ant, is Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that of Florida is Pogonomyrmex crudelis. See Agricultural ant, under Agricultural. [1913 Webster]