Brachymyrmex iridescens Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 507, figs. 37, S25 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Brazil: Santa Catarina, Chapecó, vii.1960, no. 9878 (F. Plaumann). Primary type depository: MZSP. Primary type specimen: USNMENT00757758. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 5 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: MZSP. Secondary type specimen: USNMENT00757757.