• Lectotype designation: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 464.
• Forel, 1912j: 62 (q.)
• Subspecies of Brachymyrmex heeri: Forel, 1912j: 62; Forel, 1915c: 361; Bruch, 1915: 534; Santschi, 1923b: 665; Emery, 1925d: 42; Borgmeier, 1927c: 141; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 397; Wheeler & Bequaert, 1929: 37; Wheeler, 1934i: 17; Wheeler, 1935g: 38; Santschi, 1936b: 204; Kempf, 1972b: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 81; Fernández & Ortiz-Sepúlveda, 2019: 728; Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 464 (redescription).
• Status as species: Wild, 2007b: 27, 43; Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 464.
• Senior synonym of Brachymyrmex heeri fallax: Wild, 2007b: 43; Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 464.
• Senior synonym of Brachymyrmex longicornis hemiops: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 464.

Junior synonyms

• Brachymyrmex heeri fallax Santschi, 1923
• Brachymyrmex longicornis hemiops Santschi, 1923

Obsolete combinations

• Brachymyrmex heeri aphidicola

Citations

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