Taxonomic history
Emery, 1906c PDF: 178 (m.); Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019 10.1007/s13127-019-00406-2 PDF: 502 (w.-q. intercaste).Status as species: Emery, 1895k PDF: 16; Emery, 1906c PDF: 178; Santschi, 1923b PDF: 663; Emery, 1925d PDF: 42; Goetsch, 1933a PDF: 29; Goetsch & Menozzi, 1935 PDF: 100; Menozzi, 1935c PDF: 324; Kempf, 1970b PDF: 31; Kempf, 1972b PDF: 39; Snelling & Hunt, 1975 PDF: 114; Brandão, 1991 PDF: 332; Bolton, 1995b: 82; Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019 10.1007/s13127-019-00406-2 PDF: 501 (redescription).Senior synonym of Brachymyrmex melensis: Ortiz-Sepúlveda et al., 2019 10.1007/s13127-019-00406-2 PDF: 501.