Azteca alfaroi lucidula

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Azteca alfaroi lucidula
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Azteca alfari)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Azteca
Species: Azteca alfaroi lucidula
Forel, 1899

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Azteca alfari.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • lucidula. Azteca alfaroi r. lucidula Forel, 1899c: 113 (w.q.m.) GUATEMALA. Raised to species: Forel, 1912h: 51. Subspecies of alfari: Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 222; Kempf, 1972a; 29. Junior synonym of alfari: Longino, 1989: 5.

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