Brachymyrmex giardi

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Brachymyrmex giardi Emery, 1895 valid

Brachymyrmex giardi Emery, 1895e: 215 (w.q.) CHILE. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 501). Primary type locality: lectotype Chile: Santiago de Chile (no collector’s name) (sent by Giard). Primary type depositories: MSNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 5 paralectotype workers, 9 paralectotype worker-queen intercastes, 1 paralectotype queen, 1 paralectotype male. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MHNG, MSNG. Type notes: The male is not mentioned in the original description.

Lectotype designation: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 501.
Emery, 1906c: 178 (m.); Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 502 (w.-q. intercaste).
Status as species: Emery, 1895k: 16; Emery, 1906c: 178; Santschi, 1923b: 663; Emery, 1925d: 42; Goetsch, 1933a: 29; Goetsch & Menozzi, 1935: 100; Menozzi, 1935c: 324; Kempf, 1970a: 31; Kempf, 1972b: 39; Snelling & Hunt, 1976: 114; Brandão, 1991: 332; Bolton, 1995b: 82; Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 501 (redescription).
Senior synonym of Brachymyrmex melensis: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 501.

Junior synonyms

Brachymyrmex melensis Zolessi et al., 1978

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
Emery, C. 1895e ("1894"). Note sur les fourmis du Chili avec descriptions de deux espèces nouvelles. Actes de la Société Scientifique du Chili 4:213-216. PDF
Emery, C. 1895k. Deuxième note sur les fourmis du Chili. Actes de la Société Scientifique du Chili 5:10-18. PDF
Emery, C. 1906c ("1905"). Studi sulle formiche della fauna Neotropica. XXXVII. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 37 (1905):107-194. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Goetsch, W. 1933a. Chilenische Wüsten-, Steppen- und Wald-Ameisen. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft für Morphologie und Physiologie. München 42:27-35. PDF
Goetsch, W.; Menozzi, C. 1935. Die Ameisen Chiles. Konowia 14:94-102. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1970a. Catálogo das formigas do Chile. Papeis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 23:17-43. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Menozzi, C. 1935c. Fauna Chilensis. II. (Nach Sammlungen von W. Goetsch). Le formiche del Cile. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 67:319-336. 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. 1923b. Revue des fourmis du genre Brachymyrmex Mayr. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 31:650-678. PDF
Snelling, R. R.; Hunt, J. H. 1976 ("1975"). The ants of Chile (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Chilena de Entomología 9:63-129. PDF

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