• Lectotype designation: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 480.
• Status as species: Emery, 1888c: 364; Emery, 1890c: 56; Dalla Torre, 1893: 174; von Jhering, 1894: 377; Emery, 1894l: 61; Forel, 1895b: 106; Forel, 1899b: 123; Forel, 1912j: 62; Mann, 1916: 473; Luederwaldt, 1918: 48; Santschi, 1923b: 669; Santschi, 1923c: 272; Emery, 1925d: 41; Borgmeier, 1927c: 141; Kempf, 1972b: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 82; Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 255; Fernández & Ortiz-Sepúlveda, 2019: 728; Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 480 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Brachymyrmex constrictus: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 481.
• Senior synonym of Brachymyrmex coactus nictitans: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 480.
• Senior synonym of Brachymyrmex coactus robustus: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 481.

Junior synonyms

• Brachymyrmex coactus nictitans Emery, 1906
• Brachymyrmex coactus robustus Santschi, 1923
• Brachymyrmex constrictus Santschi, 1923

Citations

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