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Azteca duroiae
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Azteca |
| Species: | A. duroiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Azteca duroiae Forel, 1904
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: -20.766667° to -20.766667°.
| 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
Worker
Images from AntWeb
   
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| Syntype of Azteca duroiae. Worker. Specimen code casent0909620. Photographer Z. Lieberman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by MHNG, Geneva, Switzerland. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- duroiae. Azteca duroiae Forel, 1904e: 697 (w.) BRAZIL (Amazonas).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- [Note: Shattuck, 1994: 16, cites 44w syntypes (3 MCZC, 41 MHNG) but adds, “some probably not type-material”.]
- Type-localities: Brazil: Amazonas, Juruá, Jaburu (E. Ule) (invalid restriction of type-locality by Kempf, 1972a: 32; no lectotype designated), Brazil: Amazonas, Juruá Miry (Mirim), no. 5719 (E. Ule).
- Type-depositories: MCZC, MHNG.
- Forel, 1906d: 242 (m.).
- Status as species: Forel, 1906d: 241; Emery, 1913a: 32; Borgmeier, 1923: 92; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 227; Kempf, 1972a: 31; Shattuck, 1994: 16; Bolton, 1995b: 78.
- Distribution: Brazil.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1904f. In und mit Pflanzen lebende Ameisen aus dem Amazonas-Gebiet und aus Peru, gesammelt von Herrn E. Ule. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 20: 677-707 (page 697, soldier, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1906d. Fourmis néotropiques nouvelles ou peu connues. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 50: 225-249 (page 241, male described)