Brachymyrmex australis curtus

Brachymyrmex australis curtus Santschi, 1922 junior synonym of current valid taxon Brachymyrmex australis Forel, 1901

Brachymyrmex australis var. curta Santschi, 1922e: 260 (q.m.) ARGENTINA (Córdoba). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Argentina: Córdoba, Alta Gracia (C. Bruch). Primary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: 1) Only queens and males were described by Santschi, 1922e: 260, workers were described later by Santschi, 1923b: 663, but were noted there as “Var. curta n. var.”. 2) Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 468, cite 17 worker, 2 queen, 7 male syntypes.

[Also described as new by Santschi, 1923b: 663 (w.).]
Subspecies of Brachymyrmex australis: Emery, 1925d: 41; Santschi, 1931f: 281; Kempf, 1972b: 38; Zolessi et al., 1988: 6; Bolton, 1995b: 82.
Junior synonym of Brachymyrmex australis: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 468.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Ortiz-Sepúlveda, 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 19:447-542. 10.1007/s13127-019-00406-2 PDF
Santschi, F. 1922e. Description de nouvelles fourmis de l'Argentine et pays limitrophes. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 94:241-262. PDF
Santschi, F. 1923b. Revue des fourmis du genre Brachymyrmex Mayr. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 31:650-678. PDF
Santschi, F. 1931f. Contribution à l'étude des fourmis de l'Argentine. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 112:273-282. PDF
Zolessi, L. C. de; Abenante, Y. P. de; Philippi, M. E. 1988 ("1987"). Lista sistemática de las especies de Formícidos del Uruguay. Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 11(165):1-9.

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