Brachymyrmex attenuatus

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Brachymyrmex attenuatus Santschi, 1929 valid

Brachymyrmex luederwaldti st. attenuatus Santschi, 1929d: 310 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 467). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Santa Catarina, Blumenau (A. Reichensperger). Primary type depository: NHMB. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: NHMB. Type notes: Original description cites 2 worker syntypes.

Lectotype designation: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 467.
Subspecies of Brachymyrmex luederwaldti: Kempf, 1972b: 40; Bolton, 1995b: 81.
Status as species: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 467 (redescription).

Obsolete combinations

Brachymyrmex luederwaldti attenuatus

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
Santschi, F. 1929d. Nouvelles fourmis de la République Argentine et du Brésil. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 107:273-316. PDF

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