Azteca brevicornis

Azteca brevicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Leptomyrmecini
Genus:	Azteca
Species:	A. brevicornis
Binomial name
Azteca brevicornis (Mayr, 1878) Specimen Labels
Subspecies
Azteca brevicornis boliviana Wheeler, W.M. & Mann, 1942

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -3.10194° to -3.10194°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

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

Explore Overview of Azteca biology  All known Azteca species are arboreal, nesting in living or dead wood, or external carton nests. Some species exhibit obligate associations with myrmecophytes, especially of the genus Cecropia (see Chapter 14 of The Ants). Feeding habits are generalized with foraging occurring both arboreally and on the ground. ‎

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• brevicornis. Liometopum brevicorne Mayr, 1878: 870 (w.) BRAZIL (Amazonas).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Brazil: “Nord-Brasilien in der Umgegend des Amazonenstromes” (J. Trail).
  • Type-depository: NHMW.
  • Combination in Azteca: Emery, 1893b: 145; Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 163.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1893b: 145 (redescription); Dalla Torre, 1893: 163; Forel, 1895b: 108; Emery, 1913a: 32; Stitz, 1913: 212; Borgmeier, 1923: 90; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 225; Kempf, 1972a: 30; Brandão, 1991: 330; Shattuck, 1994: 13; Bolton, 1995b: 78.
  • Distribution: Brazil.
  • Current subspecies: nominal plus boliviana.

References

• Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
• Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
• Emery, C. 1893l. Studio monografico sul genere Azteca Forel. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)3:119-152 (page 145, combination in Azteca)
• Mayr, G. 1878 [1877]. Formiciden gesammelt in Brasilien von Professor Trail. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 27: 867-878 (page 870, worker described)