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Azteca trigona subdentata
| Azteca trigona subdentata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Azteca |
| Species: | A. trigona |
| Subspecies: | A. trigona subdentata |
| Trinomial name | |
| Azteca trigona subdentata Forel, 1904 | |
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), French Guiana.
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.
- subdentata. Azteca festai r. subdentata Forel, 1904c: 43 (w.) BRAZIL (Pará).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- [Notes (i): Kostyuk, 1976: 99, cites 3w syntypes SIZK; (ii) Shattuck, 1994: 28, cites 44w syntypes (3 MCZC, 38 MHNG, 3 SIZK); (iii) Radchenko, Fisher, et al. 2024: 280, cite 3w syntypes SIZK.]
- Type-locality: Brazil: Pará (E.A. Göldi).
- Type-depositories: MCZC, MHNG, SIZK.
- Menozzi, 1935b: 200 (q.).
- Subspecies of trigona: Forel, 1906d: 237; Emery, 1913a: 34; Crawley, 1916b: 375; Borgmeier, 1923: 96; Menozzi, 1935b: 200; Kempf, 1972a: 35; Shattuck, 1994: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
- Distribution: Brazil, Guyana.
Description
References
- Albuquerque, E., Prado, L., Andrade-Silva, J., Siqueira, E., Sampaio, K., Alves, D., Brandão, C., Andrade, P., Feitosa, R., Koch, E., Delabie, J., Fernandes, I., Baccaro, F., Souza, J., Almeida, R., Silva, R. 2021. Ants of the State of Pará, Brazil: a historical and comprehensive dataset of a key biodiversity hotspot in the Amazon Basin. Zootaxa 5001, 1–83 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5001.1.1).
- Forel, A. 1904d. Miscellanea myrmécologiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 12: 1-52 (page 43, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1906d. Fourmis néotropiques nouvelles ou peu connues. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 50: 225-249 (page 237, subspecies of trigona)
- Franco, W., Ladino, N., Delabie, J.H.C., Dejean, A., Orivel, J., Fichaux, M., Groc, S., Leponce, M., Feitosa, R.M. 2019. First checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of French Guiana. Zootaxa 4674, 509–543 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4674.5.2).
- Menozzi, C. 1935b. Spedizione del Prof. Nello Beccari nella Guiana Britannica. Hymenoptera-Formicidae. Redia 21: 189-203 (page 200, queen described)