Brachymyrmex bruchi

Brachymyrmex bruchi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Myrmelachistini
Genus:	Brachymyrmex
Species:	B. bruchi
Binomial name
Brachymyrmex bruchi Forel, 1912 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Brachymyrmex bruchi rufipes Forel, 1912 Brachymyrmex giardi nitida Santschi, 1922 Brachymyrmex laevis andinus Santschi, 1923

Identification

Keys including this Species

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Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States.
Neotropical Region: Argentina (type locality), Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, Uruguay.

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.

• bruchi. Brachymyrmex bruchi Forel, 1912i: 64 (w.m.) ARGENTINA.
  • Santschi, 1929d: 309 (q.).
  • Senior synonym of rufipes: Quirán, et al. 2004: 279.
  • Senior synonym of andinus, nitida: Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2019: 30.
• andinus. Brachymyrmex levis var. andina Santschi, 1923b: 659 (w.) ARGENTINA.
  • Junior synonym of bruchi: Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2019: 30.
• nitida. Brachymyrmex giardi var. nitida Santschi, 1922d: 261 (w.) CHILE.
  • Junior synonym of giardi: Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 114.
  • Junior synonym of bruchi: Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2019: 30.
• rufipes. Brachymyrmex bruchi var. rufipes Forel, 1912i: 65 (w.) ARGENTINA.
  • Junior synonym of bruchi: Quirán, et al. 2004: 279; Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2019: 30.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 82, catalogue)
• Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 64, worker, male described)
• Ortiz-Sepulveda, C.M., Van Bocxlaer, B., Meneses, A.D., Fernández, F. 2019. Molecular and morphological recognition of species boundaries in the neglected ant genus Brachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): toward a taxonomic revision. Organisms Diversity & Evolution (DOI 10.1007/s13127-019-00406-2).
• Quiran, E. M.; Martínez, J. J.; Bachmann, A. O. 2004. The Neotropical genus Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Argentina. Redescription of the type species, B. patagonicus Mayr,1868; B. bruchi Forel, 1912 and B. oculatus Santschi, 1919. (page 273, Redescription of the type)
• Santschi, F. 1929d. Nouvelles fourmis de la République Argentine et du Brésil. An. Soc. Cient. Argent. 107: 273-316 (page 309, queen described)