Brachymyrmex heeri basalis

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Brachymyrmex heeri basalis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Brachymyrmex pictus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Myrmelachistini
Genus: Brachymyrmex
Species: Brachymyrmex heeri basalis
Wheeler, W.M., 1921

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

Nomenclature

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

  • basalis. Brachymyrmex heeri var. basalis Wheeler, W.M. 1921f: 166 (w.) GUYANA.
    • Junior synonym of pictus: Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2019: 79.

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