Azteca severini

Azteca severini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Leptomyrmecini
Genus:	Azteca
Species:	A. severini
Binomial name
Azteca severini Emery, 1896 Specimen Labels

Identification

A member of the Azteca trigona group. See the group page and keys for identification information.

Distribution

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.

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.

Biology

Explore Overview of Azteca biology  All known Azteca species are arboreal, nesting in living or dead wood, or external carton nests. Some species exhibit obligate associations with myrmecophytes, especially of the genus Cecropia (see Chapter 14 of The Ants). Feeding habits are generalized with foraging occurring both arboreally and on the ground. ‎

Nomenclature

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

• severini. Azteca severini Emery, 1896c: 5, fig. 7 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • [Note: Shattuck, 1994: 25, cites 1w syntype MHNG.]
  • Type-locality: Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Novo Friburgo (no collector’s name).
  • Type-depositories: MHNG, MSNG (perhaps also MRHN as Emery says the specimens were “ricevuta dal Museo di Bruxelles”).
  • Status as species: Emery, 1913a: 34; Borgmeier, 1923: 95; Kempf, 1972a: 34; Shattuck, 1994: 25; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
  • Distribution: Brazil.

References

• Emery, C. 1896b. Alcune forme nuove del genere Azteca For. e note biologiche. Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. R. Univ. Torino 11(2 230: 1-7 (page 5, worker d*Melo, T.S., Koch, E.B.A., Andrade, A.R.S., Travassos, M.L.O., Peres, M.C.L., Delabie, J.H.C. 2021. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in different green areas in the metropolitan region of Salvador, Bahia state, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology 82, e236269 (doi:10.1590/1519-6984.236269).

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