Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Brachymyrmex heeri subsp. depilis Emery, 1893k PDF: 635 (w.) U.S.A. (District of Columbia). Nearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of
Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019 10.1007/s13127-019-00406-2 PDF: 491). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: District of Columbia, Georgetown College, 10.viii.1885 (
T. Pergande) (by restriction of
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 359). Primary type depository: MSNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 36 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen, 10 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MSNG. Type notes: 1) The original description does not mention queens or males. 2) Other original syntype localities: U.S.A.: Dakota (
T. Pergande), U.S.A.: New Jersey (
T. Pergande), U.S.A.: Virginia (
T. Pergande).
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Subspecies of
Brachymyrmex heeri:
Wheeler, 1900c PDF: 47;
Wheeler, 1904f PDF: 304;
Wheeler, 1905j PDF: 389;
Wheeler, 1908i PDF: 622;
Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 569;
Wheeler, 1916r: 591;
Wheeler, 1917k PDF: 462;
Smith, 1930a PDF: 5;
Wheeler, 1932a PDF: 13;
Dennis, 1938 PDF: 294;
Wing, 1939 PDF: 163;
Wesson & Wesson, 1940 PDF: 100.
Status as species:
Santschi, 1923b PDF: 663;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 42;
Buren, 1944a PDF: 292;
Creighton, 1950a PDF: 359;
Smith, 1951c PDF: 839;
Cole, 1953j: 266;
Cole, 1954f PDF: 271;
Smith, 1958c PDF: 141;
Carter, 1962a PDF: 7 (in list);
Smith, 1967a PDF: 366;
Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 22;
Francoeur, 1977b PDF: 207;
Yensen et al., 1977 PDF: 183;
Smith, 1979: 1424;
Snelling & George, 1979: 177;
Allred, 1982: 454;
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 59;
DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 145;
MacKay et al., 1988 PDF: 104;
Deyrup et al., 1989 PDF: 99;
Blacker, 1992 PDF: 9;
Wheeler et al., 1994 PDF: 305;
Bolton, 1995b: 82;
Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 278;
Deyrup, 2003 PDF: 44;
Coovert, 2005 PDF: 113;
MacGown & Forster, 2005 PDF: 64;
Ward, 2005 PDF: 28;
Ellison et al., 2012: 110;
Deyrup, 2017: 180;
Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019 10.1007/s13127-019-00406-2 PDF: 491.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Americas: Canada,
Mexico,
United States Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Nearctic,
Neotropical
Distribution Notes:
NEARCTIC: USA (AZ, MA)
Biology:
Subterranean. Nests in virtually all well-drained soils, even floodplains. Occasionally forages in leaf litter or on the surface.
Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 18 times found in on swimming pool surface, 16 times found in mesic,rocky, sloped hardwood forest, 11 times found in deciduous forest, 14 times found in ex loblolly pine litter- some oak and magnolia, 11 times found in Sand Pine Scrub, 11 times found in Flatwoods, 6 times found in oak woodland, 7 times found in ex litter of very large, old live oak, 6 times found in chaparral, 5 times found in on shell midden in soil, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 41 times under stone, 13 times leaf litter, 15 times litter, 11 times under rock, 6 times soil, 2 times alates at blacklight, 5 times soil and leaf litter, 2 times nests under rocks, 4 times litter and soil, 4 times sifted litter (leaf mold, rotten wood), 4 times ex sifted litter, ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 38 times search, 33 times Berlese funnel, 7 times hand collecting, 12 times pitfall trap, 10 times sifting soil and litter, 9 times Berlese, 7 times Winkler, 4 times Davis sifting, 2 times blacklight, 4 times DaJuns sifting, 4 times UV light, ...
Elevations: collected from 1 - 2260 meters, 766 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1885-08-10 00:00:00.0 and 2022-10-01 00:00:00.0
Type specimens:
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Mexico
United States
India
Madagascar
Canada
Brazil
China
Greece
Spain
Australia