• Lectotype designation: Longino, 1989b: 5.
• [Misspelled as alfaroi by Emery, 1896b: 4; Forel, 1899b: 112, many others.]
• [Misspelled as alforoi by Forel, 1908a: 63.]
• Emery, 1896b: 3 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1951: 192 (l.).
• Status as species: Emery, 1896b: 4; Forel, 1903e: 259; Forel, 1905e: 159; Forel, 1909a: 250; Emery, 1913a: 31; Stitz, 1913: 212; Mann, 1916: 471; Wheeler, 1922e: 14; Mann, 1922: 51; Borgmeier, 1923: 88; Menozzi, 1927c: 268; Wheeler & Darlington, 1930: 114; Santschi, 1939f: 166; Wheeler, 1942: 215; Kempf, 1972b: 29; Longino, 1989b: 5 (redescription); Brandão, 1991: 329; Longino, 1991a: 1575; Shattuck, 1994: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Wild, 2007b: 24; Longino, 2007: 15 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 253; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 107; Guerrero, 2019: 705.
• Senior synonym of Azteca alfari argentina: Longino, 1989b: 7; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 15.
• Senior synonym of Azteca bicolor: Longino, 1991a: 1575; Shattuck, 1994: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 15.
• Senior synonym of Azteca forelii breviscapa: Longino, 1989b: 7; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 15.
• Senior synonym of Azteca alfari cecropiae: Longino, 1989b: 5; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 15.
• Senior synonym of Azteca alfari curtiscapa: Longino, 1989b: 7; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 15.
• Senior synonym of Azteca alfari fumaticeps: Longino, 1989b: 7; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 15.
• Senior synonym of Azteca alfari langi: Longino, 1989b: 7; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 15.
• Senior synonym of Azteca lucidula: Longino, 1989b: 5; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 15.
• Senior synonym of Azteca lynchi: Longino, 1989b: 7; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 15.
• Senior synonym of Azteca alfari mixta: Longino, 1989b: 6; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 15.
• Senior synonym of Azteca virens: Longino, 1989b: 5; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 15.
• Material of the unavailable name Azteca alfari lucidula zonalis referred here by Longino, 1989b: 7; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 15.

Junior synonyms

• Azteca alfari argentina Forel, 1914
• Azteca alfari cecropiae Forel, 1906
• Azteca alfari curtiscapa Forel, 1912
• Azteca alfari fumaticeps Forel, 1909
• Azteca alfari langi Wheeler, 1942
• Azteca alfari mixta Forel, 1908
• Azteca bicolor Emery, 1893
• Azteca forelii breviscapa Forel, 1912
• Azteca lucidula Forel, 1899
  Obsolete combination(s): Azteca alfari lucidula
• Azteca lynchi Brèthes, 1914
• Azteca virens Forel, 1899

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