Azteca ulei cordiae

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

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -5.716667° to -5.716667°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil (type locality), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname.

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.

• cordiae. Azteca ulei var. cordiae Forel, 1904e: 695 (w.) BRAZIL (Amazonas).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • [Notes (i): Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 79, cites 1w syntype NHMB; (ii) Shattuck, 1994: 28, cites 10w syntypes (2 MCZC, 7 MHNG, 1 NHMB).]
  • Type-locality: Brazil: Amazonas, Juruá, Marary (E. Ule).
  • Type-depositories: MCZC, MHNG, NHMB.
  • Wheeler, W.M. & Bequaert, 1929: 35 (q.).
  • Subspecies of ulei: Emery, 1913a: 35; Borgmeier, 1923: 97; Wheeler, W.M. & Bequaert, 1929: 35; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 245; Kempf, 1972a: 35; Shattuck, 1994: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 78.
  • Distribution: Brazil.

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 695, soldier, worker described)
• 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).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90: 1-262 (page 246, queen described)