Azteca pittieri

Distribution
This taxon was described from Costa Rica.

Nomenclature

 *  pittieri. Azteca pittieri Forel, 1899c: 120, pl. 4, fig. 16 (w.) COSTA RICA. Menozzi, 1927d: 337 (q.m.). See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 237. Senior synonym of emarginatisquamis: Longino, 1996: 144; of patruelis: Longino, 2007: 43.
 * patruelis. Azteca longiceps subsp. patruelis Forel, 1908c: 392 (footnote) (s.w.q.) MEXICO. Raised to species: Longino, 1996: 142. Junior synonym of pittieri: Longino, 2007: 43.
 * emarginatisquamis. Azteca pittieri var. emarginatisquamis Forel, 1921a: 204 (w.) COSTA RICA. Junior synonym of pittieri: Longino, 1996: 144.

Additional References

 * Pringle, E.G., Ramirez, S.R., Bonebrake, T.C., Gordon, D.M. & Dirzo, R. 2012. Diversification and phylogeographic structure in widespread Azteca plant-ants from the northern Neotropics. Molecular Ecology 21, 3576–3592.