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Azteca isthmica
| Azteca isthmica | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Azteca |
| Species: | A. isthmica |
| Binomial name | |
| Azteca isthmica Wheeler, W.M., 1942
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 9.187222° to -2.4°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Panama (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
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| Syntype of Azteca isthmica. Worker. Specimen code casent0911461. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NHMB, Basel, Switzerland. |
Queen
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| Queen (alate/dealate). Specimen code jtlc000008099. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by JTLC. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- isthmica. Azteca xanthochroa subsp. isthmica Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 249 (w.q.) PANAMA.
- Type-material: 12 syntype workers, 1 syntype queen.
- [Note: Shattuck, 1994: 20, cites 12w, 1q syntypes MCZC.]
- Type-locality: Panama: Canal Zone, Rio Agua Salud (W.M. Wheeler).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Subspecies of xanthochroa: Kempf, 1972a: 36; Brandão, 1991: 329.
- Status as species: Longino, 1991: 1588 (redescription); Shattuck, 1994: 20; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
- Distribution: Colombia, Panama.
Description
References
- Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
- Longino, J. T. 1991a. Taxonomy of the Cecropia-inhabiting Azteca ants. J. Nat. Hist. 2 25: 1571-1602 (page 1588, raised to species)
- Marting, P.R., Kallman, N.M., Wcislo, W.T., Pratt, S.C. 2018. Ant-plant sociometry in the Azteca-Cecropia mutualism. Scientific Reports 8, 17968 (doi:10.1038/s41598-018-36399-9).
- Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90: 1-262 (page 249, worker, queen described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Baroni Urbani C. 1977. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitt. Entomol. Ges. Basel (n.s.) 27: 61-102.
- Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
- Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
- Shattuck S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112: i-xix, 1-241.
- Wheeler W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90: 1-262.