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Brachymyrmicini
| Brachymyrmicini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmelachistini) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Brachymyrmicini Emery, 1925 |
| Type genus | |
| Brachymyrmex | |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Myrmelachistini.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- BRACHYMYRMECINI [junior synonym of Myrmelachistini]
- Brachymyrmicini Emery, 1925b: 40. Type-genus: Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868a: 163.
Taxonomic History
- Brachymyrmecini as subtribe of Dimorphomyrmicini: Emery, 1925b: 40 [Brachymyrmicini].
- Brachymyrmecini as tribe of Formicinae: Wheeler, W.M. 1929a: 12 (in text); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1976b: 64; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 258 [Brachymyrmecini]; Jaffe 1993: 12; Bolton, 1994: 50.
- Brachymyrmecini as junior synonym of Plagiolepidini: Bolton, 2003: 22, 100.
- Brachymyrmecini as junior synonym of Myrmelachistini: Ward, et al., 2016: 348.