Azteca

Species richness
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Nomenclature

 *  AZTECA [Dolichoderinae: Leptomyrmecini]
 * Azteca Forel, 1878: 384. Type-species: Liometopum xanthochroum, by monotypy.
 * [Type-species not Tapinoma instabilis, unjustified subsequent designation (based on inaccurate synonymy) by Wheeler, W.M. 1911f: 159. Type-species not Azteca muelleri, unjustified subsequent designation by Emery, 1913a: 31; repeated in Wheeler, W.M. 1913a: 78.]
 * [ Aztecum Bertkau, 1879: 13, incorrect subsequent spelling.]

Additional References

 * [[Media:Ayala Wetterer Longino & Hartl 1996.pdf|Ayala, F. J.; Wetterer, J. K.; Longino, J. T.; Hartl, D. L. 1996. Molecular phylogeny of Azteca ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and the colonization of Cecropia trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 5:423-428. [1996-04] PDF]]
 * Duran-Ruiz, C. et al. 2013. Ants from the Miocene Totolapa amber (Chiapas, Mexico), with the first record of the genus Forelius (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Can. J. Earth Sci. 50, 495-502 (dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2012-0166).