Azteca australis
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| Azteca australis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Azteca |
| Species: | A. australis |
| Binomial name | |
| Azteca australis Wheeler, W.M., 1942
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Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Bolivia, Brazil, Peru (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
All known Azteca species are arboreal, nesting in living or dead wood, or external carton nests. Some species exhibit obligate associations with myrmecophytes, especially of the genus Cecropia (see Chapter 14 of The Ants). Feeding habits are generalized with foraging occurring both arboreally and on the ground.
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- australis. Azteca xanthochroa subsp. australis Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 249 (q.) PERU. Longino, 1992: 1582 (w.). Raised to species: Longino, 1992: 1578.
Description
References
- Longino, J. T. 1991a. Taxonomy of the Cecropia-inhabiting Azteca ants. J. Nat. Hist. 2 25: 1571-1602 (page 1582, worker described, raised to species)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 90: 1-262 (page 249, queen described)
