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Azteca pilosula Forel, 1899 valid

Azteca aurita r. pilosula Forel, 1899h: 115, pl. 4, fig. 15 (q.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Longino, 2007: 57). Primary type locality: lectotype Costa Rica: (no further data) (Tonduz). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype queens (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 80, cites 2 queen syntypes in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 12, cites workers and queens from Panama: Bugaba (3 in MCZC, 2 in NHMB), adding “probably not type material”; workers are not mentioned in the original description. 3) Other original syntype locality: Panama: Bugaba (Champion).

Lectotype designation: Longino, 2007: 57.
Longino, 2007: 58 (w.).
Subspecies of Azteca aurita: Emery, 1913a: 32.
Junior synonym of Azteca aurita: Forel, 1912i: 54; Borgmeier, 1923: 89; Kempf, 1972b: 30; Shattuck, 1994: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
Status as species: Longino, 2007: 57 (redescription); Guerrero et al., 2010: 53 (in key); Guerrero, 2019: 706.
Senior synonym of Azteca lacrymosa: Longino, 2007: 57.

Junior synonyms

Azteca lacrymosa Forel, 1899

Obsolete combinations

Azteca aurita pilosula

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Borgmeier, T. 1923. Catalogo systematico e synonymico das formigas do Brasil. 1 parte. Subfam. Dorylinae, Cerapachyinae, Ponerinae, Dolichoderinae. Archivos do Museu Nacional (Rio de Janeiro) 24:33-103.
Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
Forel, A. 1899h. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:105-136. PDF
Forel, A. 1912i. Formicides néotropiques. Part V. 4me sous-famille Dolichoderinae Forel. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 20:33-58. PDF
Guerrero, R. J. 2019. Subfamilia Dolichoderinae. Capítulo 24. Pp. 693-720 in: Fernández, F.; Guerrero, R. J.; Delsinne, T. (eds.) 2019d. Hormigas de Colombia. Bogotá: Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1198 pp. PDF
Guerrero, R. J.; Delabie, J. H. C.; Dejean, A. 2010. Taxonomic contribution to the aurita group of the ant genus Azteca (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 19:51-65. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Longino, J. T. 2007. A taxonomic review of the genus Azteca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Costa Rica and a global revision of the aurita group. Zootaxa 1491:1-63. PDF
Shattuck, S. O. 1994. Taxonomic catalog of the ant subfamilies Aneuretinae and Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). University of California Publications in Entomology 112:i-xix, 1-241. PDF

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