Azteca muelleri

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil, El Salvador, Peru.

Nomenclature

 * . Azteca muelleri Emery, 1893b: 131, pl. 1, figs. 12-15 (s.w.q.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina, Rio de Janeiro).
 * [Azteca muelleri Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 164. Nomen nudum.]
 * Status as species: Forel, 1895b: 108; Forel, 1908c: 391; Emery, 1913a: 33; Stitz, 1913: 212; Mann, 1916: 470; Luederwaldt, 1918: 47; Borgmeier, 1923: 94; Eidmann, 1936b: 89; Borgmeier, 1937b: 251; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 236; Kempf, 1972a: 33; Longino, 1991: 1591 (redescription); Shattuck, 1994: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 79; Bezděčková, et al. 2015: 108.
 * Senior synonym of brunni: Longino, 1991: 1591; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
 * Senior synonym of gibbifera: Longino, 1991: 1591; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
 * Senior synonym of janeirensis: Longino, 1991: 1591; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
 * Senior synonym of nigella: Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 236; Longino, 1991: 1591; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
 * Senior synonym of nigridens: Longino, 1991: 1591; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
 * Senior synonym of wacketi: Longino, 1991: 1591; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus terminalis.
 * brunni. Azteca muelleri var. brunni Forel, 1909a: 251 (w.) EL SALVADOR.
 * Subspecies of muelleri: Emery, 1913a: 33; Kempf, 1972a: 33.
 * Junior synonym of muelleri: Longino, 1991: 1591; Bolton, 1995b: 78.
 * gibbifera. Azteca ulei var. gibbifera Forel, 1908c: 392 (w.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
 * Subspecies of ulei: Emery, 1913a: 35; Luederwaldt, 1918: 47; Borgmeier, 1923: 97; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 246; Kempf, 1972a: 35.
 * Junior synonym of muelleri: Longino, 1991: 1591; Bolton, 1995b: 78.
 * janeirensis. Azteca muelleri var. janeirensis Forel, 1912h: 48 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro), BOLIVIA.
 * Subspecies of muelleri: Borgmeier, 1923: 94; Kempf, 1972a: 33.
 * Junior synonym of muelleri: Longino, 1991: 1591; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
 * nigella. Azteca nigella Emery, 1893b: 132, pl. 1, figs. 23, 24 (w.) BRAZIL (Santa Catarina).
 * Status as species: Forel, 1895b: 108; Forel, 1899c: 110.
 * Subspecies of muelleri: Emery, 1913a: 34; Luederwaldt, 1918: 47; Borgmeier, 1923: 94; Kempf, 1972a: 33.
 * Junior synonym of muelleri: Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 236; Longino, 1991: 1591; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
 * nigridens. Azteca muelleri var. nigridens Forel, 1908c: 392 (w.) BRAZIL (Rio de Janeiro).
 * Subspecies of muelleri: Emery, 1913a: 34; Borgmeier, 1923: 94; Kempf, 1972a: 33.
 * Junior synonym of muelleri: Longino, 1991: 1591; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
 * wacketi. Azteca muelleri var. wacketi Emery, in Forel, 1908c: 391 (footnote) (w.m.) BRAZIL (São Paulo).
 * Subspecies of muelleri: Emery, 1913a: 34; Luederwaldt, 1918: 47; Borgmeier, 1923: 94; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 236; Kempf, 1972a: 33.
 * Junior synonym of muelleri: Longino, 1991: 1591; Bolton, 1995b: 80.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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