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Azteca nigella
| Azteca nigella | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Azteca muelleri) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Azteca |
| Species: | Azteca nigella Emery, 1893 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Azteca muelleri.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nigella. Azteca nigella Emery, 1893b: 132, pl. 1, figs. 23, 24 (w.) BRAZIL. Subspecies of muelleri: Emery, 1913a: 34. Junior synonym of muelleri: Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 236; Longino, 1992: 1591.
References
- Emery, C. 1893l. Studio monografico sul genere Azteca Forel. Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna (5)3:119-152 (page 132, pl. 1, figs. 23, 24 worker described)
- Emery, C. 1913a [1912]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50 (page 34, variety of muelleri)
- Longino, J. T. 1991a. Taxonomy of the Cecropia-inhabiting Azteca ants. J. Nat. Hist. 2 25: 1571-1602 (page 1591, junior synonym of muelleri)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90: 1-262 (page 236, junior synonym of muelleri)