Brachymyrmex heeri
Forel, 1874
valid
Brachymyrmex heeri
Forel, 1874:
91, figs. 16, 20 (w.)
SWITZERLAND.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 503). Primary type locality: lectotype Switzerland: Zurich, Botanical Garden, tropical orchid house (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: MHNG.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 15 paralectotype workers, 1 paralectotype queen, 3 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG.
Type notes:
The original description includes only workers; details of the queen and male are provided by Forel, 1876: 52.
- Lectotype designation: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 503.
- Forel, 1876: 52 (q.m.)
- Status as species: Forel, 1876: 52; Emery, 1878: 47; Emery & Forel, 1879: 466; Forel, 1881: 3; André, 1882c: 214 (in key); Mayr, 1886d: 431; Cresson, 1887: 257; Dalla Torre, 1893: 174; Forel, 1895b: 106; Forel, 1899b: 123; Wheeler, 1904f: 304; Wheeler, 1905c: 132; Wheeler, 1906j: 350; Forel, 1907h: 9; Wheeler, 1908a: 153; Wheeler, 1911a: 29; Forel, 1912j: 62; Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 44; Forel, 1915d: 49 (in key); Wheeler, 1916r: 591; Mann, 1920b: 431; Wheeler, 1921f: 166; Wheeler, 1922e: 15; Wheeler, 1923d: 5; Santschi, 1923b: 664; Emery, 1925d: 42; Stärcke, 1926a: 118 (in key); Borgmeier, 1927c: 141; Menozzi, 1927c: 268; Menozzi & Russo, 1930: 166; Menozzi, 1931b: 274; Aguayo, 1932: 224; Santschi, 1933f: 122; Eidmann, 1936b: 92; Smith, 1937: 866; Santschi, 1939e: 319; Wheeler, 1942: 253; Kusnezov, 1953c: 339; Kempf, 1961b: 522; Bernard, 1967a: 280 (redescription); Kempf, 1970b: 340; Kempf, 1972b: 39; Alayo, 1974: 26 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 82; Wetterer & Wetterer, 2004: 215; Wild, 2007b: 27; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 255; Borowiec, 2014: 24 (see note in bibliography); Radchenko, 2016: 348; Fernández & Ortiz-Sepúlveda, 2019: 728; Lubertazzi, 2019: 78; Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 503 (redescription); Herrera et al., 2024: 162.
- Senior synonym of Brachymyrmex giardi cordobensis: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 503.
- Senior synonym of Brachymyrmex goeldii: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 503.
- Senior synonym of Brachymyrmex physogaster: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 503.
Junior synonyms
- Brachymyrmex giardi cordobensis Santschi, 1929
- Brachymyrmex goeldii Forel, 1912
- Brachymyrmex physogaster Kusnezov, 1960
Citations
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†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
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- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae
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- musculus
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