Brachymyrmex melensis

Brachymyrmex melensis Zolessi et al., 1978 junior synonym of current valid taxon Brachymyrmex giardi Emery, 1895

Brachymyrmex melensis Zolessi et al., 1978: 26, figs. 3-22 (w.q.l.) URUGUAY. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Uruguay: Cerro Largo Dept, Antigua Posta, Melo, Arroyo Chuy de Tacuarí, 19.vi.1972 (L.C. de Zolessi, Y.P. de Abenante & L.A. González). Primary type depository: URMU. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 22 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: URMU.

Status as species: Zolessi et al., 1988: 6; Brandão, 1991: 331; Bolton, 1995b: 82.
Junior synonym of Brachymyrmex giardi: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 501.

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
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
Zolessi, L. C. de; Abenante, Y. P. de; González, L. A. 1978 ("1976"). Descripción y observaciones bioetológicas sobre una nueva especie de Brachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista de Biología del Uruguay 4:21-44. PDF
Zolessi, L. C. de; Abenante, Y. P. de; Philippi, M. E. 1988 ("1987"). Lista sistemática de las especies de Formícidos del Uruguay. Comunicaciones Zoologicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo 11(165):1-9.

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