Azteca lacrymosa

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Azteca lacrymosa Forel, 1899 junior synonym of current valid taxon Azteca pilosula Forel, 1899

Azteca lacrymosa Forel, 1899h: 116 (w.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Longino, 2007: 57). Primary type locality: lectotype Costa Rica: (no further data) (A. Tonduz). Primary type depository: MHNG. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG. Type notes: 1) Shattuck, 1994: 12, cites 11 worker syntypes (4 in BMNH, 7 in MCZC). 2) Other original syntype locality: Colombia: Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Hacienda de la Esperanza (Lallemand, A. Forel).

Lectotype designation: Longino, 2007: 57.
Junior synonym of Azteca aurita: Forel, 1906d: 237; Forel, 1912i: 54; Emery, 1913a: 32; Borgmeier, 1923: 89; Kempf, 1972b: 30; Shattuck, 1994: 12; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
Junior synonym of Azteca pilosula: Longino, 2007: 57.

Citations

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. 1906d. Fourmis néotropiques nouvelles ou peu connues. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 50:225-249. 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. 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

Extant: 0 valid subspecies (1 synonym)

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