Brachymyrmex physogaster

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Brachymyrmex physogaster Kusnezov, 1960 junior synonym of current valid taxon Brachymyrmex heeri Forel, 1874

Brachymyrmex physogaster Kusnezov, 1960c: 382, figs. 1-4 (w.) ARGENTINA (Salta). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Argentina: Salta, Nationalpark Estancia El Rey, nos 8328, 8329 (N. Kusnezov). Primary type depository: IMLT. Type notes: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 503, cite 7 worker syntypes in IMLT.

Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 82.
Junior synonym of Brachymyrmex heeri: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 503.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Kusnezov, N. 1960c. Brachymyrmex physogaster n. sp. aus Argentinien und das Problem der Physogastrie bie den Ameisen. Zoologischer Anzeiger 165:381-388.
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

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