Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868:163

Ulysséa, Mônica Antunes, Prado, Lívia Pires do & Brandão, Carlos Roberto Ferreira, 2017, Catalogue of the Dolichoderinae, Formicinae and Martialinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) types deposited at the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 57 (23), pp. 295-311 : 305

Genus Brachymyrmex Mayr, 1868:163

Brachymyrmex brasiliensis Ortiz &Fernández, 2014:22 . Holotype: 1W, BRAZIL, São Paulo, Ubatuba, Parque Estadual da Serra do Mar, Núcleo Santa Virgínia , 23°19’S / 45°06’W, 870-1,000 m, 22 Apr 2005, col. M. Uehara, USNM 00757748 . Comment : In the original publication, the holotype locality is mistakenly informed as “Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Nova Friburgo, Fazenda Barreto, 22°9’40.4712”S / 42°31’27.4866”W, 1,068 m, 11-12 Jun 2011, col. T. M.S. Mesquita ”.

Brachymyrmex delabiei Ortiz & Fernández, 2014:24 . Holotype: 1W, BRAZIL, São Paulo, Tapiraí , 24°01’55.5”S / 47°27’56”W, 08-14 Jan 2001, col. R.R. Silva & Eberhardt, Transecto 1 Winkler 23, USNM ENT 00757718 . Missing A 1 last antennomers, L2 coxa to tarsi, L3 trochanter to tarsi.

Brachymyrmex feitosai Ortiz & Fernández, 2014:27 . Holotype: 1W, Paratypes: 2W, Floresta da Tijuca , D. Federal, Brasil, 16.xii.1959, C.A. Campos Seabra [leg.], Coleção Campos Seabra, USNM ENT 00757694 . One paratype missing L1 femur to tarsi.

Brachymyrmex longicornis var. hemiops Santschi, 1923:668 . Syntypes: 2W, [ BRAZIL], S.[São] Paulo, Ipiranga, 07-iii-1906, [H.] Luederwaldt [leg.], MP 2371 , Coll. Borgm. Nr. 2785. 2W, [ BRAZIL, São Paulo, Ipiranga, 07-iii-1906, H. Luederwaldt leg., MP] 2371. One worker missing L1 and L4 5º tarsus [2785]; one worker with collapsed body, missing A1 and A2 [2785]; one worker missing A1 last 5 antennomers, A2 last three antennomers, L1 and L4 5º tarsus; one worker with collapsed body.

Brachymyrmex (Bryscha) micromegas Emery , in Santschi, 1923:675. Paralectotypes: 2W, [ BRAZIL], SP[São Paulo], S[São] Paulo, Ipiranga, [xii.12, J. Lima & H. Lüderwaldt leg.], MP 17326 . 2W, [ BRAZIL, São Paulo, São Paulo, Ipiranga, xii.12, J. Lima & H. Lüderwaldt leg.], MP 17326 . One worker missing A1 last 5 antennomers, A2 funiculus, L4 2º to 4º tarsus [ USNM ENT 00757824 ]; one worker missing A1, A2, L2 and L3 tibia and tarsi, L5 3º to 5º tarsus, L6 trochanter to tarsi [ USNM ENT 00757825 ]; one worker missing A1 and L3 tarsi [ USNM ENT 00757827 ]; one worker missing L3 4º and 5º tarsus [ USNM ENT 00757826 ]. Comment: Three major workers and 11 minor workers from original type series [ BRAZIL, São Paulo, São Paulo, Ipiranga, xii.12, J. Lima & H. Lüderwaldt leg., MP 17326 ] were not designated as paralectotypes by Ortiz & Fernández (2014), but according to the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (1999) we also should consider them as paralectotypes .