Brachymyrmex coactus nictitans

Brachymyrmex coactus nictitans
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Brachymyrmex coactus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Myrmelachistini
Genus:	Brachymyrmex
Species:	Brachymyrmex coactus nictitans Emery, 1906

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Brachymyrmex coactus.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• nictitans. Brachymyrmex coactus var. nictitans Emery, 1906c: 178 (w.) COSTA RICA.
  • Subspecies of coactus: Santschi, 1923b: 670; Emery, 1925b: 41; Kempf, 1972a: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 82.
  • Junior synonym of coactus: Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2019: 34.

References

• Ortiz-Sepulveda, 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 (DOI 10.1007/s13127-019-00406-2).