Checklist of Brachymyrmex species

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Brachymyrmex
Formicinae
Brachymyrmex patagonicus
Distribution
Species Richness
Statistics
Valid Species	41
Invalid Species	31
Fossils	0
Countries Occupied	62
Year Described	1868
First Species Described	1863
Last Species Described	2019

The following species and subspecies belong to the genus Brachymyrmex. Synonyms are listed under their senior names. For valid names only see Brachymyrmex species and for distribution information see Brachymyrmex species by Country.

A

admotus Mayr, 1887 (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
   • Brachymyrmex longicornis immunis Forel, 1908

antennatus Santschi, 1929 (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Peru, Suriname)
aphidicola Forel, 1909 (Argentina, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Greater Antilles, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, United States, Venezuela)
   • Brachymyrmex heeri fallax Santschi, 1923
   • Brachymyrmex longicornis hemiops Santschi, 1923

attenuatus Santschi, 1929 (Brazil)
australis Forel, 1901 (Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Mauritius, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay)
   • Brachymyrmex australis curta Santschi, 1922
   • Brachymyrmex longicornis Forel, 1907

australis pullus Santschi, 1933 (Argentina)

B

bahamensis Ortiz-Sepulveda, Van Bocxlaer, Meneses & Fernández, 2019 (Bahamas)
bicolor Ortiz-Sepulveda, Van Bocxlaer, Meneses & Fernández, 2019 (Honduras)
bonariensis Santschi, 1933 (Argentina)
brasiliensis Ortiz & Fernández, 2014 (Brazil, Ecuador)
bruchi Forel, 1912 (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Paraguay, United States, Uruguay)
   • Brachymyrmex bruchi rufipes Forel, 1912
   • Brachymyrmex giardi nitida Santschi, 1922
   • Brachymyrmex laevis andinus Santschi, 1923

C

cavernicola Wheeler, W.M., 1938 (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru)
coactus Mayr, 1887 (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Costa Rica, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru)
   • Brachymyrmex coactus nictitans Emery, 1906
   • Brachymyrmex coactus robustus Santschi, 1923
   • Brachymyrmex constrictus Santschi, 1923

cordemoyi Forel, 1895 (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Comoros, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Lesser Antilles, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mexico, New Caledonia, Paraguay, Peru, Réunion, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Suriname, United Republic of Tanzania, United States, Vanuatu, Venezuela)
   • Brachymyrmex brevicornis Emery, 1906
   • Brachymyrmex cordemoyi distinctus Santschi, 1923
   • Brachymyrmex cordemoyi nigricans Santschi, 1916
   • Brachymyrmex laevis fuscula Emery, 1906
   • Brachymyrmex patagonicus brevicornoeides Forel, 1914

D

degener Emery, 1906 (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago)
   • Brachymyrmex degener niger Forel, 1912
   • Brachymyrmex incisus Forel, 1912
   • Brachymyrmex luederwaldti Santschi, 1923

delabiei Ortiz & Fernández, 2014 (Brazil)
depilis Emery, 1893 (Canada, Mexico, United States)
   • Brachymyrmex depilis flavescens Grundmann, 1952
   • Brachymyrmex nanellus Wheeler, W.M., 1903

donisthorpei Santschi, 1939 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay)

F

feitosai Ortiz & Fernández, 2014 (Brazil)
fiebrigi Forel, 1908 (Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, Cuba, Mexico, Paraguay, Suriname)
   • Brachymyrmex fiebrigi fumida Santschi, 1923
   • Brachymyrmex fiebrigi funicularis Santschi, 1922

flavidulus (Roger, 1863) (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Greater Antilles, Jamaica)

G

gagates Wheeler, W.M., 1934 (Mexico, Panama)
gaucho Santschi, 1917 (Argentina)
giardi Emery, 1895 (Chile, Uruguay)
   • Brachymyrmex melensis Zolessi, Abenante & Gonzalez, 1978

H

heeri Forel, 1874 (Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Ecuador, French Guiana, Galapagos Islands, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Lesser Antilles, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Switzerland, Ukraine, Uruguay, Venezuela)
   • Brachymyrmex giardi cordobensis Santschi, 1929
   • Brachymyrmex goeldii Forel, 1912
   • Brachymyrmex physogaster Kusnezov, 1960

I

iridescens Ortiz-Sepulveda, Van Bocxlaer, Meneses & Fernández, 2019 (Argentina, Brazil)

M

micromegas Emery, 1923 (Brazil)
minutus Forel, 1893 (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Greater Antilles, Guatemala, Lesser Antilles, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela)
modestus Santschi, 1923 (Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador)
musculus Forel, 1899 (Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Paraguay, Venezuela)
myops Emery, 1906 (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia)

N

nebulosus LaPolla & Longino, 2006 (Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico)

O

obscurior Forel, 1893 (Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Greater Antilles, Grenada, Guam, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaii, Lesser Antilles, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, Samoa, United States)
oculatus Santschi, 1919 (Argentina)

P

patagonicus Mayr, 1868 (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, Paraguay, Spain, United States, Uruguay)
   • Brachymyrmex laevis Emery, 1895
   • Brachymyrmex patagonicus atratula Santschi, 1923

pictus Mayr, 1887 (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, Venezuela)
   • Brachymyrmex heeri basalis Wheeler, W.M., 1921
   • Brachymyrmex pictus balboae Wheeler, W.M., 1942

pilipes Mayr, 1887 (Brazil)

S

santschii Menozzi, 1927 (Costa Rica, Panama)
sosai Ortiz-Sepulveda, Van Bocxlaer, Meneses & Fernández, 2019 (Bolivia, Peru)

T

termitophilus Forel, 1895 (Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Paraguay, United States)
tristis Mayr, 1870 (Colombia)