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Genus: Brachymyrmex

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Brachymyrmex

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)

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

Taxonomic history

Brachymyrmex in Camponotinae: Forel, 1878: 375 [Camponotidae]; Dalla Torre, 1893: 174.

Brachymyrmex in Camponotinae, Plagiolepidini: Forel, 1893a: 165; Forel, 1895b: 106; Emery, 1895j: 771; Forel, 1899c: 123; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 143.

Brachymyrmex in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Ashmead, 1905b: 384.

Brachymyrmex in Camponotinae, Myrmelachistini: Forel, 1912i: 89.

Brachymyrmex in Formicinae, Dimorphomyrmecini: Emery, 1925b: 40 [subtribe Brachymyrmecini]; Donisthorpe, 1943f: 628.

Brachymyrmex incertae sedis in Formicinae: Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 77.

Brachymyrmex in Formicinae, Myrmelachistini: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 697; H?lldobler & Wilson, 1990: 18.

Brachymyrmex in Formicinae, Pseudolasius genus group: Agosti, 1991: 296.

Brachymyrmex in Formicinae, Brachymyrmecini: Wheeler, W.M. 1929a: 12; Kempf, 1972a: 37; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 258; Jaffe, 1993: 13; Bolton, 1994: 50.

Brachymyrmex in Formicinae, Plagiolepidini: Bolton, 2003: 23, 101.

Junior synonym of BRACHYMYRMEX

Bryscha Santschi, 1923b: 652 [as subgenus of Brachymyrmex]. Type-species: Brachymyrmex pilipes, by original designation.

Taxonomic history

Bryscha as junior synonym of Brachymyrmex: Brown, 1973b: 179 [provisional]; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1424; all subsequent authors.

Genus Brachymyrmex references

Forel, 1878: 375 (diagnosis); Andr?, 1882b: 214 (Europe & Algeria species); Cresson, 1887: 255 (U.S.A. catalogue); Dalla Torre, 1893: 174 (catalogue); Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1036 (Malagasy catalogue); Santschi, 1923b: 652 (diagnosis, all species key); Emery, 1925b: 40 (diagnosis, catalogue); Emery, 1925b: 43 (B. (Bryscha) diagnosis, catalogue); Creighton, 1950a: 356 (North America species, review); Bernard, 1967: 279 (diagnosis); Kempf, 1972a: 37 (Neotropical catalogue); Alayo, 1974: 26 (Cuba species key); Smith, D.R. 1979: 1424 (North America catalogue); Brand?o, 1991: 331 (catalogue); Bolton, 1995a: 1048 (census); Bolton, 1995b: 81 (catalogue); Quir?n, et al. 2004: 275 (diagnosis).