Brachymyrmex cordemoyi

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: Comoros, United Republic of Tanzania. Malagasy Region: Madagascar, Mauritius, Réunion, Seychelles. Neotropical Region: Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Lesser Antilles, Paraguay, Suriname, Venezuela.

Biology
Sharaf et al. (2016) discuss this species introduced to Saudi Arabia: This species was found nesting in soil at the base of a date palm tree (Phoenix dactylifera L.) in King Saud University campus, Riyadh. Specimens were collected by sifting the soil which was a mixture of sandy clay, with much decaying organic material. Workers were found about 8 cm deep in the soil. Other ant species collected with B. cordemoyi included: Solenopsis saudiensis, Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi Tapinoma simrothi and Cardiocondyla mauritanica.

Nomenclature

 *  cordemoyi. Brachymyrmex patagonicus var. cordemoyi Forel, 1895a: 49 (w.) REUNION I. Emery, 1906c: 180 (q.m.). Raised to species: Emery, 1906c: 179. Subspecies of patagonicus: Forel, 1908c: 399; Forel, 1912k: 165; Santschi, 1912e: 533. Revived status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1036; Emery, 1925b: 41. Current subspecies: nominal plus distinctus.