• Subspecies of Azteca alfari: Forel, 1908: 386; Emery, 1913a: 31; Crawley, 1916b: 375; Borgmeier, 1923: 89; Wheeler & Bequaert, 1929: 33; Wheeler, 1942: 220; Kempf, 1972b: 29.
• Status as species: Longino, 1989b: 8 (redescription); Brandão, 1991: 329; Longino, 1991a: 1592; Shattuck, 1994: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 79; Longino, 2007: 42 (redescription); Bezděčková et al., 2015: 108.
• Senior synonym of Azteca alfari aequalis: Longino, 1989b: 8; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 79; Longino, 2007: 42.
• Senior synonym of Azteca alfari aequilata: Longino, 1989b: 8; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 79; Longino, 2007: 42.
• Senior synonym of Azteca alfari tuberosa: Longino, 1989b: 8; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 79; Longino, 2007: 42.

Junior synonyms

• Azteca alfari aequalis Forel, 1906
• Azteca alfari aequilata Forel, 1904
• Azteca alfari tuberosa Forel, 1906

Obsolete combinations

• Azteca alfari ovaticeps

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