Azteca chartifex spiriti

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

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.

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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

References

Forel, A. 1912i. Formicides néotropiques. Part V. 4me sous-famille Dolichoderinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 33-58 (page 52, worker d*Koch, E.B.de A., Marques, T.E.D., Mariano, C.S.F., Neto, E.A.S., Arnhold, A., Peronti, A.L.B.G., Delabie, J.H.C. 2020. Diversity and structure preferences for ant-hemipteran mutualisms in cocoa trees (Theobroma cacao L., Sterculiaceae). Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi - Ciências Naturais 15, 65–81 (doi:10.46357/bcnaturais.v15i1.251).
Moura, M.N., Cardoso, D.C., Cristiano, M.P. 2020. The tight genome size of ants: diversity and evolution under ancestral state reconstruction and base composition. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, zlaa135 (doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa135).

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