Azteca trailii tillandsiarum

Azteca trailii tillandsiarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Leptomyrmecini
Genus:	Azteca
Species:	A. trailii
Subspecies:	A. trailii tillandsiarum
Trinomial name
Azteca trailii tillandsiarum Wheeler, W.M., 1942

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Guyana (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.

Nomenclature

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

• tillandsiarum. Azteca traili var. tillandsiarum Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 243 (w.q.) GUYANA.
  • Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated, “numerous”).
  • [Notes (i): Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 80, cites 4w syntypes NHMB; (ii) Shattuck, 1994: 27, cites 22w, 13q syntypes (18w, 13q MCZC, 4w NHMB).]
  • Type-locality: Guyana (“British Guyana”): Kartabo, Cuyuni River, nr Tropical Laboratory of the New York Zoological Society (W.M. Wheeler).
  • Type-depositories: MCZC, NHMB.
  • Subspecies of trailii: Kempf, 1972a: 35; Shattuck, 1994: 27; Bolton, 1995b: 80.
  • Distribution: Guyana.

References

• Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90: 1-262 (page 243, worker, queen described)