Azteca trianguliceps
Azteca trianguliceps | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
Genus: | Azteca |
Species: | A. trianguliceps |
Binomial name | |
Azteca trianguliceps Forel, 1912 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
Estimated Abundance
Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- trianguliceps. Azteca trianguliceps Forel, 1912h: 53 (w.q.) BRAZIL (Amazonas).
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
- [Notes (i): Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 81, cites 1w syntype NHMB, but gives the collector’s name as D. Melastom; not type-material; (ii) Shattuck, 1994: 27, cites 58w, 3q syntypes (1w BMNH, 57w, 3q MHNG).]
- Type-locality: Brazil: Rio Javary (A. Ducke).
- Type-depositories: BMNH, MHNG, NHMB.
- Status as species: Borgmeier, 1923: 96; Kempf, 1972a: 35; Shattuck, 1994: 27; Bolton, 1995b: 80.
- Distribution: Brazil.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1912i. Formicides néotropiques. Part V. 4me sous-famille Dolichoderinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 33-58 (page 53, worker, queen described)