Brachymyrmex obscurior Forel, 1893

Brachymyrmex obscurior is a small, dull brown, non-descript and soft-bodied ant. that. Wilson and Taylor (1967)raised B. obscurior to species status, qualifying their decision as a, “purely provisional measure, contingent upon a fuller revision of the large and difficult genus it which it belongs.” The species is known to nest in the ground (Tschinkel & Hess, 1999), is especially well adapted to extreme, marginal environments (Morrison, 2006), and can be a common visitor to extrafloral nectaries (Koptur et al., 2010; Piovia-Scott, 2011). Brachymyrmex obscurior is considered a minor urban pest in Florida (Klotz et al., 1995), where it is rare but widespread (Deyrup, 2003).