Brachymyrmex gagates

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Brachymyrmex gagates Wheeler, 1934 valid

Brachymyrmex gagates Wheeler, 1934g: 206 (w.) MEXICO (Veracruz). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 499). Primary type locality: lectotype Mexico: Veracruz, Mirador, 20.iv.1929, no. 607 (E. Skwarra). Primary type depositories: USNM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 12 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, USNM.

Lectotype designation: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 499.
Status as species: Kempf, 1972b: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 82; Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 499 (redescription).

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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
Wheeler, W. M. 1934g. Neotropical ants collected by Dr. Elisabeth Skwarra and others. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77:157-240. PDF

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