Brachymyrmex degener

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia , French Guiana, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago.

Nomenclature

 * . Brachymyrmex coactus subsp. degener Emery, 1906c: 177 (w.) BRAZIL (Mato Grosso).
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1923b: 670; Emery, 1925b: 42; Borgmeier, 1927c: 141; Kempf, 1972a: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 82; Fernández & Ortiz-Sepúlveda, 2019: 728; Ortiz-Sepúlveda, et al. 2019: 488 (redescription).
 * Senior synonym of incisus: Ortiz-Sepúlveda, et al. 2019: 488.
 * Senior synonym of luederwaldti: Ortiz-Sepúlveda, et al. 2019: 488.
 * Senior synonym of niger: Ortiz-Sepúlveda, et al. 2019: 488.
 * incisus. Brachymyrmex incisus Forel, 1912i: 63 (w.m.) COLOMBIA, BRAZIL (Bahia).
 * Status as species: Santschi, 1923b: 672; Emery, 1925b: 42; Borgmeier, 1927c: 141; Kempf, 1972a: 39; Bolton, 1995b: 82.
 * Junior synonym of degener: Ortiz-Sepúlveda, et al. 2019: 488.
 * luederwaldti. Brachymyrmex luederwaldti Santschi, 1923b: 672, figs. 36, 66 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
 * [Misspelled as leuderwaldti by Wild, 2007b: 27.]
 * Status as species: Emery, 1925b: 43; Borgmeier, 1927c: 142; Kempf, 1972a: 40; Bolton, 1995b: 82; Wild, 2007b: 27.
 * Junior synonym of degener: Ortiz-Sepúlveda, et al. 2019: 488.
 * niger. Brachymyrmex admotus r. niger Forel, 1912i: 62 (w.) BRAZIL (Ceará).
 * [Brachymyrmex admotus r. niger Forel, 1908e: 63. Nomen nudum.]
 * Subspecies of degener: Santschi, 1923b: 671; Emery, 1925b: 42; Borgmeier, 1927c: 141; Kempf, 1972a: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 82.
 * Junior synonym of degener: Ortiz-Sepúlveda, et al. 2019: 488.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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