Azteca trailii filicis

Azteca trailii filicis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dolichoderinae
Tribe:	Leptomyrmecini
Genus:	Azteca
Species:	A. trailii
Subspecies:	A. trailii filicis
Trinomial name
Azteca trailii filicis Forel, 1904

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil, Peru (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.

• filicis. Azteca traili var. filicis Forel, 1904e: 692 (w.) PERU.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • [Notes (i): Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 80, cites 3w syntypes NHMB; (ii) Shattuck, 1994: 27, cites 27w syntypes (3 MCZC, 21 MHNG, 3 NHMB).]
  • Type-locality: Peru: Cerro de Ponasa, ca 1100 m., iii.1909 (E. Ule).
  • Type-depositories: MCZC, MHNG, NHMB.
  • Subspecies of trailii: Emery, 1913a: 34; Kempf, 1972a: 35; Shattuck, 1994: 27; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 108.
  • Distribution: Peru.

References

• Forel, A. 1904f. In und mit Pflanzen lebende Ameisen aus dem Amazonas-Gebiet und aus Peru, gesammelt von Herrn E. Ule. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 20: 677-707 (page 692, worker described)