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Genus: Brachymyrmex   Mayr, 1868 

Classification:

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2015)

44 species, 17 subspecies

Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868b PDF: 163. Type-species: Brachymyrmex patagonicus, by monotypy. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Brachymyrmex in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878c PDF: 375 [Camponotidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF}: 174.
Brachymyrmex in Camponotinae, Plagiolepidini: Forel, 1893b PDF: 165; Forel, 1895b PDF: 106; Emery, 1895l PDF: 771; Forel, 1899B: 123; Wheeler, 1910a: 143.
Brachymyrmex in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Ashmead, 1905c PDF: 384.
Brachymyrmex in Camponotinae, Myrmelachistini: Forel, 1912j PDF: 89.
Brachymyrmex in Formicinae, Dimorphomyrmecini: Emery, 1925d PDF: 40 [subtribe Brachymyrmecini]; Donisthorpe, 1943g: 628.
Brachymyrmex incertae sedis in Formicinae: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77.
Brachymyrmex in Formicinae, Myrmelachistini: Wheeler, 1922: 697; Hölldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18.
Brachymyrmex in Formicinae, Pseudolasius genus group: Agosti, 1991 PDF: 296.
Brachymyrmex in Formicinae, Brachymyrmecini: Wheeler, 1929a PDF: 12; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 37; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1985b PDF: 258; Jaffe, 1993: 13; Bolton, 1994: 50.
Brachymyrmex in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Bolton, 2003 PDF: 23, 101.
Genus Brachymyrmex references
Forel, 1878c PDF: 375 (diagnosis); André, 1882b: 214 (Europe & Algeria species); Cresson, 1887 PDF: 255 (U.S.A. catalogue); Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 174 (catalogue); Wheeler, 1922: 1036 (Malagasy catalogue); Santschi, 1923b PDF: 652 (diagnosis, all species key); Emery, 1925d PDF: 40 (diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925d PDF: 43 (Brachymyrmex (Bryscha) diagnosis, catalogue); Creighton, 1950a PDF: 356 (North America species, review); Bernard, 1967a PDF: 279 (diagnosis); Kempf, 1972b PDF: 37 (Neotropical catalogue); Alayo, 1974: 26 (Cuba species key); Smith, 1979: 1424 (North America catalogue); Brandão, 1991 PDF: 331 (catalogue); Bolton, 1995a PDF: 1048 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 81 (catalogue); Quirán, et al. 2004: 275 (diagnosis); Ortiz & Fernández, 2014 PDF: 13 (review of species with tumuliform metathoracic spiracles, key).

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Brachymyrmex patagonicus is a South American rover ant that is spreading rapidly across the southern and western United States. Here, workers of this tiny species are dwarfed by a small drop of honey. Tucson, Arizona, USA.
Image © Alex Wild.

Taxon Page Author History

On 2013-08-22 03:34:43 Zach Lieberman modified Images
On 2013-08-22 03:34:07 Zach Lieberman modified Images

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