Azteca alfari aequilata

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Azteca alfari aequilata Forel, 1904 junior synonym of current valid taxon Azteca ovaticeps Forel, 1904

Azteca alfari var. aequilata Forel, 1904f: 691 (w.q.m.) BRAZIL (Amazonas). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Longino, 1989b: 8). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Amazonas, Juruá, Cachveira, Cecropia no. 5587 (E. Ule). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, queens, male (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Type notes: 1) Shattuck, 1994: 23, cites 14 workers, 2 queens, 1 male paralectotypes. 2) Other original syntype locality: Amazonas, Juruá, Juruá Miry (Mirim), vi. 1901, Cecropia no. 5588 (E. Ule). 3) Juruá Miry was earlier restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972b: 29.]

Lectotype designation: Longino, 1989b: 8.
Subspecies of Azteca alfari: Forel, 1906d: 239; Emery, 1913a: 31; Borgmeier, 1923: 89; Wheeler, 1942: 217; Kempf, 1972b: 29.
Junior synonym of Azteca ovaticeps: Longino, 1989b: 8; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 42.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
Forel, A. 1904f. In und mit Pflanzen lebende Ameisen aus dem Amazonas-Gebiet und aus Peru, gesammelt von Herrn E. Ule. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 20:677-707. PDF
Forel, A. 1906d. Fourmis néotropiques nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 50:225-249. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Longino, J. T. 1989b. Taxonomy of the Cecropia-inhabiting ants in the Azteca alfari species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): evidence for two broadly sympatric species. Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 412:1-16. PDF
Longino, J. T. 2007. A taxonomic review of the genus Azteca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Costa Rica and a global revision of the aurita group. Zootaxa 1491:1-63. PDF
Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112:i-xix, 1-241. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90:1-262. PDF

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