Azteca emmae

Azteca emmae
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Azteca constructor)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Leptomyrmecini
Genus:	Azteca
Species:	Azteca emmae Forel, 1904

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Azteca constructor.

Nomenclature

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

• emmae. Azteca emmae Forel, 1904e: 702 (s.w.q.m.) COSTA RICA. Junior synonym of constructor: Longino, 1992: 1585.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 78, catalogue)
• 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 702, soldier, worker, queen, male described)
• Longino, J. T. 1991a. Taxonomy of the Cecropia-inhabiting Azteca ants. J. Nat. Hist. 2 25: 1571-1602 (page 1585, junior synonym of constructor)