Brachymyrmex luederwaldti

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

Catalog › Formicidae › Formicinae › Myrmelachistini › Brachymyrmex › Brachymyrmex luederwaldti

Brachymyrmex luederwaldti Santschi, 1923 junior synonym of current valid taxon Brachymyrmex degener Emery, 1906

Brachymyrmex luederwaldti Santschi, 1923b: 672, figs. 36, 66 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: São Paulo, Alcatrazas Is, no. 20239 (H. Luederwaldt). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MZSP, NHMB. Primary type specimen: MZSP0068539. Type notes: 1) Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 488, cite 6 worker syntypes. 2) Ulysséa et al., 2025: Table S1, cite 1 syntype worker in MZSP.

[Misspelled as leuderwaldti by Wild, 2007b: 27.]
Status as species: Emery, 1925d: 43; Borgmeier, 1927c: 142; Kempf, 1972b: 40; Bolton, 1995b: 82; Wild, 2007b: 27.
Junior synonym of Brachymyrmex degener: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019: 488.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1927c. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 2 parte. Subf. Pseudomyrminae, Myrmicinae, Formicidae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 29:69-164. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
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. 1923b. Revue des fourmis du genre Brachymyrmex Mayr. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 31:650-678. PDF
Ulysséa, M. A.; Santos, S.; Moleiro, H. P.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Camacho, G. P. 2025. The MZSP Ant Type Collection: a complete catalogue and digital resource for global access. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 145 (3):blaf034, 17 pp. [online early] 10.1093/biolinnean/blaf034 PDF
Wild, A. L. 2007b. A catalogue of the ants of Paraguay (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 1622:1-55. PDF

Extant: 0 valid subspecies (1 obsolete combination)

AntWeb AntWiki HOL Google Scholar

Formicidae subfamilies Formicinae tribes Myrmelachistini genera Brachymyrmex species Brachymyrmex luederwaldti subspecies

show invalid