Azteca theresiae

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Azteca theresiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Azteca
Species: A. theresiae
Binomial name
Azteca theresiae
Forel, 1899

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Specimen Labels

Subspecies

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 10.8833° to 10.8333°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Colombia (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • theresiae. Azteca theresiae Forel, 1899b: 303 (w.) COLOMBIA.
    • [Also described as new by Forel, 1899d: 276.]
    • Status as species: Emery, 1913a: 34; Wheeler, W.M. & Darlington, 1930: 109; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 240; Kempf, 1972a: 34; Shattuck, 1994: 26; Bolton, 1995b: 80; Guerrero, 2019: 706.
    • Current subspecies: nominal plus menceps.

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1899c. Trois notices myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 43: 303-310 (page 303, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1899j. Von Ihrer Königl. Hoheit der Prinzessin Therese von Bayern auf einer Reise in Südamerika gesammelte Insekten. I. Hymenopteren. a. Fourmis. Berl. Entomol. Z. 44: 273-277 (page 276, also described as new)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

  • Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
  • Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).