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Brachymyrmex patagonicus Mayr, 1868

Hormiga, Black rover ant

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hymenoptera

Suborder
Apocrita

Superfamily
Vespoidea

Family
Formicidae

Section
Plagiolepidini

Genus
Brachymyrmex

Species
patagonicus

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Introduced - established

Introduction

Year of first record: 2026

Invasive status: No data

Ecology

Distribution origin: Neotropical bioregion

Distribution

Distribution: Isabela, San Cristobal, Santa Cruz

References

García-Ruilova, A. B. Donoso, D. A., Basset, Y., Carrión-Olmedo, J. C., Garcés-Carrera, S., Jarrín-V, P., Muñoz-Tobar, S. I., Padhye, S., Perez, K. H. J., Sones, J. E., Quiñónez-Sánchez, D., Sánchez, P., Smith, M. A., Janzen, D. H., Hallwachs, W., Hebert, P. D. N., & Inclán, D. J. (2026) Barcoding Megadiversity: An Arthropod Database from Sites in the Neotropical Eastern Pacific Bioregion. Sci Data 13, 1026. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-07465-z

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"Galapagos Species Database, Brachymyrmex patagonicus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=25674. Accessed 6 November 2026.