Azteca constructor

Azteca constructor Emery, 1896 valid

Azteca constructor Emery, 1896b: 2, figs. 2a-e, 3 (w.q.m.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Costa Rica: “Atlantic and Pacific slopes” (no further data) (A. Alfaro). Primary type depositories: MHNG, MSNG. Type notes: 1) Longino, 1991a: 1585, says syntype labels read “Jimenez, v.1895”. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 15, cites 5 worker, 1 queen syntypes in MHNG.

Status as species: Forel, 1899b: 110; Forel, 1912i: 50; Emery, 1913a: 32; Wheeler, 1922e: 14; Wheeler, 1942: 225; Kempf, 1972b: 31; Brandão, 1991: 329; Longino, 1991a: 1585 (redescription); Shattuck, 1994: 15; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 26 (redescription); Branstetter & Sáenz, 2012: 253; Guerrero, 2019: 705.
Senior synonym of Azteca emmae: Longino, 1991a: 1585; Shattuck, 1994: 15; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 26.
Senior synonym of Azteca constructor guianae: Longino, 1991a: 1585; Shattuck, 1994: 15; Bolton, 1995b: 78; Longino, 2007: 26.

Junior synonyms

Azteca constructor guianae Wheeler, 1942
Azteca emmae Forel, 1904

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
Branstetter, M. G.; Sáenz, L. 2012. Las hormigas (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de Guatemala. Pp. 221-268 in: Cano, E. B.; Schuster, J. C. (eds.) 2012. Biodiversidad de Guatemala. Volumen 2. Guatemala: Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, iv + 328 pp. PDF
Emery, C. 1896b. Alcune forme nuove del genere Azteca For. e note biologiche. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 11(230):1-7. PDF
Emery, C. 1913a ("1912"). Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137:1-50. PDF
Forel, A. 1899b. Formicidae. [part]. Biologia Centrali-Americana Hym. 3:1-24. 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
Kempf, W. W. 1972b. Catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical. Studia Entomologica 15:3-344. 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
Wheeler, W. M. 1922e. The ants of Trinidad. American Museum Novitates 45:1-16. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90:1-262. PDF