Azteca chartifex spiriti

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Azteca chartifex spiriti
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Azteca
Species: A. chartifex
Subspecies: A. chartifex spiriti
Trinomial name
Azteca chartifex spiriti
Forel, 1912

Identification

A member of the Azteca trigona group. See the group page and keys for identification information.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -10.06666667° to -17.72194444°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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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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.

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • spiriti. Azteca chartifex var. spiriti Forel, 1912h: 52 (w.) BRAZIL (Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro).
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • [Note: Shattuck, 1994: 14, cites 4w syntypes MHNG.]
    • Type-localities: Brazil: Espirito Santo (E.A. Göldi) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 30; no lectotype designated), Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Serra Vermella (E.A. Göldi).
    • Type-depository: MHNG.
    • Subspecies of chartifex: Forel, 1915c: 359; Luederwaldt, 1918: 47; Borgmeier, 1923: 90; Kempf, 1972a: 30; Shattuck, 1994: 14; Bolton, 1995b: 79.

Description

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