Azteca polymorpha
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| Azteca polymorpha | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Tribe: | Leptomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Azteca |
| Species: | A. polymorpha |
| Binomial name | |
| Azteca polymorpha Forel, 1899
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Contents
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Brazil, Colombia (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 Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- polymorpha. Azteca polymorpha Forel, 1899c: 121 (footnote) (s.w.) COLOMBIA.
- Forel, 1912h: 56 (q.).
- Status as species: Forel, 1912h: 56; Emery, 1913a: 34; Kempf, 1972a: 34; Shattuck, 1994: 24; Bolton, 1995b: 79; Guerrero, 2019: 706.
- Current subspecies: nominal plus bahiana.
Description
References
- Forel, A. 1899h. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 105-136 (page 121, (footnote) soldier, worker described)
- Forel, A. 1912i. Formicides néotropiques. Part V. 4me sous-famille Dolichoderinae Forel. Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 33-58 (page 56, queen described)
