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Brachymyrmex melensis
| Brachymyrmex melensis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Brachymyrmex giardi) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmelachistini |
| Genus: | Brachymyrmex |
| Species: | Brachymyrmex melensis Zolessi, Abenante & Gonzalez, 1978 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Brachymyrmex giardi.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- melensis. Brachymyrmex melensis Zolessi, Abenante & Gonzalez, 1978: 26, figs. 3-22 (w.q.l.) URUGUAY.
- Junior synonym of giardi: Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2019: 55.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 82, catalogue)
- 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).
- Zolessi, L. C. de; Abenante, Y. P. de; González, L. A. 1978 [1976]. Descripción y observaciones bioetológicas sobre una nueva especie de Brachymyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Rev. Biol. Urug. 4: 21-44. (page 26, figs. 3-22 worker, queen, larva described)