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Azteca fasciata laeta
| Azteca fasciata laeta | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Azteca beltii) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Azteca |
| Species: | Azteca fasciata laeta Wheeler, W.M., 1942 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Azteca beltii.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- laeta. Azteca fasciata subsp. laeta Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 227 (q.) PANAMA. Junior synonym of beltii: Longino, 1996: 136.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 79, catalogue)
- Longino, J. T. 1996. Taxonomic characterization of some live-stem inhabiting Azteca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Costa Rica, with special reference to the ants of Cordia (Boraginaceae) and Triplaris (Polygonaceae). J. Hym. Res. 5: 131-156 (page 136, Junior synonym of beltii)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90: 1-262 (page 227, queen described)