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Azteca theresiae
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Azteca |
| Species: | A. theresiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Azteca theresiae Forel, 1899
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Identification
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 10.8833° to 10.8333°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Colombia (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
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- theresiae. Azteca theresiae Forel, 1899b: 303 (w.) COLOMBIA.
- Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
- [Note: Shattuck, 1994: 26, cites 1w syntype MHNG.]
- Type-locality: Colombia: (no further data) (Princess Therese of Bavaria).
- Type-depository: MHNG.
- [Also described as new by Forel, 1899d: 276.]
- Status as species: Emery, 1913a: 34; Wheeler, W.M. & Darlington, 1930: 109; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 240; Kempf, 1972a: 34; Shattuck, 1994: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 80; Guerrero, 2019: 706.
- Distribution: Colombia, Panama.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus menceps.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1899c. Trois notices myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 303-310 (page 303, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1899j. Von Ihrer Königl. Hoheit der Prinzessin Therese von Bayern auf einer Reise in Südamerika gesammelte Insekten. I. Hymenopteren. a. Fourmis. Berl. Entomol. Z. 44: 273-277 (page 276, also described as new)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- 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).