Azteca trigona mediops

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Azteca trigona mediops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Azteca
Species: A. trigona
Subspecies: A. trigona mediops
Trinomial name
Azteca trigona mediops
Forel, 1904

Identification

A member of the Azteca trigona group. See the group page and keys for identification information.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: -12.7° to -12.7°.

 
North
Temperate
North
Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Neotropical Region: Brazil (type locality), French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago.

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.

  • mediops. Azteca festai r. mediops Forel, 1904c: 43 (w.) BRAZIL (Ceará).
    • Subspecies of tonduzi: Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 245.
    • Subspecies of trigona: Forel, 1906d: 237; Emery, 1913a: 34; Wheeler, W.M. 1916d: 330; Wheeler, W.M. 1922c: 15; Borgmeier, 1923: 96; Kempf, 1972a: 35; Shattuck, 1994: 28; Bolton, 1995b: 79.

Description

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