Azteca alfari tuberosa

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Azteca alfari tuberosa Forel, 1906 junior synonym of current valid taxon Azteca ovaticeps Forel, 1904

Azteca alfari r. tuberosa Forel, 1906d: 240 (w.q.) BRAZIL (Ceará). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen. Primary type locality: Brazil: Ceará (Diaz da Rocha). Primary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 81, cites 2 worker syntypes in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 23, cites 36 worker, 1 queen syntypes (1 worker in BMNH, 3 workers in MCZC, 30 workers, 1 queen in MHNG, 2 workers in NHMB).

[Azteca alfari r. tuberosa Forel, 1905e: 159. Nomen nudum.]
Subspecies of Azteca alfari: Forel, 1908a: 63; Emery, 1913a: 31; Borgmeier, 1923: 89; Wheeler, 1942: 224; Kempf, 1972b: 29.
Junior synonym of Azteca ovaticeps: Longino, 1989b: 8; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 80; Longino, 2007: 42.

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.
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
Forel, A. 1905e. Miscellanea myrmécologiques II (1905). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 49:155-185. PDF
Forel, A. 1906d. Fourmis néotropiques nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 50:225-249. PDF
Forel, A. 1908a. Catálogo systemático da collecção de formigas do Ceará. Boletim do Museu Rocha 1(1):62-69. PDF
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. PDF
Longino, J. T. 1989b. Taxonomy of the Cecropia-inhabiting ants in the Azteca alfari species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): evidence for two broadly sympatric species. Contributions in Science (Los Angeles) 412:1-16. 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
Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90:1-262. PDF

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