Brachymyrmex laevis

Brachymyrmex laevis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Brachymyrmex patagonicus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Myrmelachistini
Genus:	Brachymyrmex
Species:	Brachymyrmex laevis Emery, 1895 Specimen Labels

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

Nomenclature

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

• laevis. Brachymyrmex laevis Emery, 1895d: 216 (w.) CHILE.
  • Emery, 1906c: 178 (q.m.).
  • [Note: in the literature sometimes misspelled as levis, for example Emery, 1906c: 178; Santschi, 1923b: 659.]
  • Junior synonym of patagonicus: Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2019: 75.
  • See also: Forel, 1908c: 400; Forel, 1912i: 62.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 82, catalogue)
• Emery, C. 1895e [1894]. Note sur les fourmis du Chili avec descriptions de deux espèces nouvelles. Actes Soc. Sci. Chili 4: 213-216 (page 216, worker described)
• Emery, C. 1906c [1905]. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XXVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 37: 107-194 (page 178, queen, male described)
• Forel, A. 1908h. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 58: 340-418 (page 400, see also)
• Forel, A. 1912j. Formicides néotropiques. Part VI. 5me sous-famille Camponotinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 59-92 (page 62, see also)
• 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).