Azteca chartifex lanians
Azteca chartifex lanians | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
Genus: | Azteca |
Species: | A. chartifex |
Subspecies: | A. chartifex lanians |
Trinomial name | |
Azteca chartifex lanians Emery, 1913 |
Identification
A member of the Azteca trigona group. See the group page and keys for identification information.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -1.456° to -1.456°.
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. |
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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. |
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Biology
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Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- lanians. Azteca chartifex subsp. lanians Emery, 1913a: 32.
- [First available use of Azteca chartifex r. decipiens var. laniens Forel, 1906d: 237 (w.) BRAZIL (Pará); unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- [Notes (i): Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 81, cites 3w syntypes NHMB; (ii) Shattuck, 1994: 14, cites 62w syntypes (6 MCZC, 53 MHNG, 3 NHMB).]
- Type-locality: Brazil: Pará, garden of Göldi Museum (Belém) (E.A. Göldi).
- Type-depositories: MCZC, MHNG, NHMB.
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1916d: 330; Wheeler, W.M. 1922c: 14; Kempf, 1972a: 30; Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 81.
- Subspecies of chartifex: Borgmeier, 1923: 91; Shattuck, 1994: 14; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
- Distribution: Brazil.
Description
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).
- Emery, C. 1913a [1912]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50 (page 32, soldier, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1906d. Fourmis néotropiques nouvelles ou peu connues. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 50: 225-249 (page 237, First available use of Azteca chartifex r. decipiens var. laniens; unavailable name)