Azteca alfari aequalis

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

Azteca alfari var. aequalis Forel, 1906d: 239 (w.) BRAZIL (Pará). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Longino, 1991a: 1592). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Pará, Mexiana I. (Hagmann). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MHNG. Type notes: 1) Earlier Longino, 1989b: 8, designated a lectotype queen, but this caste is not mentioned in the original description; designation redundant. 2) Other original syntype locality: Brazil: Pará, Obidos (E.A. Göldi) (invalid restriction of type locality by Kempf, 1972b: 29; no lectotype designated). 3) Obidos material excluded from type-series by Longino, 1989b: 8.

Lectotype designation: Longino, 1989b: 8 (redundant).
Lectotype designation: Longino, 1991a: 1592.
Forel, 1908: 387 (q.m.)
Subspecies of Azteca alfari: Forel, 1908: 386; Forel, 1912i: 51; Emery, 1913a: 31; Borgmeier, 1923: 88; Wheeler, 1942: 216; Kempf, 1972b: 29.
Junior synonym of Azteca ovaticeps: Longino, 1989b: 8; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 42.

Citations

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Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
Forel, A. 1906d. Fourmis néotropiques nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 50:225-249. PDF
Forel, A. 1908. Ameisen aus Sao Paulo (Brasilien), Paraguay etc. gesammelt von Prof. Herm. v. Ihering, Dr. Lutz, Dr. Fiebrig, etc. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien 58:340-418. PDF
Forel, A. 1912i. Formicides néotropiques. Part V. 4me sous-famille Dolichoderinae Forel. Mémoires de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 20:33-58. 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. 1991a. Taxonomy of the Cecropia-inhabiting Azteca ants. Journal of Natural History 25:1571-1602. 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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