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Brachymyrmex physogaster
| Brachymyrmex physogaster | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Brachymyrmex heeri) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Myrmelachistini |
| Genus: | Brachymyrmex |
| Species: | Brachymyrmex physogaster Kusnezov, 1960 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Brachymyrmex heeri.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- physogaster. Brachymyrmex physogaster Kusnezov, 1960c: 382, figs. 1-4 (w.) ARGENTINA.
- Junior synonym of heeri: Ortiz-Sepulveda et al., 2019: 57.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 82, catalogue)
- Kusnezov, N. 1960c. Brachymyrmex physogaster n. sp. aus Argentinien und das Problem der Physogastrie bie den Ameisen. Zool. Anz. 165: 381-388 (page 382, figs. 1-4 worker described)
- 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).