Azteca delpini trinidadensis
Azteca delpini trinidadensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
Genus: | Azteca |
Species: | A. delpini |
Subspecies: | A. delpini trinidadensis |
Trinomial name | |
Azteca delpini trinidadensis Forel, 1899 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Trinidad and Tobago (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.
- trinidadensis. Azteca velox var. trinidadensis Forel, 1899c: 109 (w.q.) TRINIDAD.
- Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated).
- [Notes (i): Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 80, cites 1w syntype NHMB; (ii) Shattuck, 1994: 16, cites 7w, 1q syntypes (6w, 1q MHNG, 1w NHMB).]
- Type-locality: Trinidad: (no further data) (F.W. Urich).
- Type-depositories: MHNG, NHMB.
- Subspecies of velox: Forel, 1904c: 44; Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 131; Forel, 1912h: 49.
- Subspecies of delpini: Forel, 1908c: 391; Emery, 1913a: 32; Wheeler, W.M. 1922c: 14; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 227; Kempf, 1972a: 31; Shattuck, 1994: 16; Bolton, 1995b: 80.
- Distribution: Trinidad.
Description
References
- Emery, C. 1913a [1912]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50 (page 32, subspecies of delpini)
- Forel, A. 1899h. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 105-136 (page 109, soldier, worker, queen described)
- Forel, A. 1908h. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 58: 340-418 (page 391, subspecies of delpini)
- Forel, A. 1912i. Formicides néotropiques. Part V. 4me sous-famille Dolichoderinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 33-58 (page 49, race of velox)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922e. The ants of Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 45: 1-16 (page 14, subspecies of delpini)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90: 1-262 (page 227, see also)