• Lectotype designation: Longino, 1991a: 1591.
• [Azteca muelleri Emery, 1893m: 164. Nomen nudum.]
• Status as species: Forel, 1895b: 108; Forel, 1908: 391; Emery, 1913a: 33; Stitz, 1913: 212; Mann, 1916: 470; Luederwaldt, 1918: 47; Borgmeier, 1923: 94; Eidmann, 1936b: 89; Borgmeier, 1937b: 251; Wheeler, 1942: 236; Kempf, 1972b: 33; Longino, 1991a: 1591 (redescription); Shattuck, 1994: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 79; Bezděčková et al., 2015: 108.
• Senior synonym of Azteca muelleri brunni: Longino, 1991a: 1591; Shattuck, 1994: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
• Senior synonym of Azteca ulei gibbifera: Longino, 1991a: 1591; Shattuck, 1994: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
• Senior synonym of Azteca muelleri janeirensis: Longino, 1991a: 1591; Shattuck, 1994: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
• Senior synonym of Azteca nigella: Wheeler, 1942: 236; Longino, 1991a: 1591; Shattuck, 1994: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
• Senior synonym of Azteca muelleri nigridens: Longino, 1991a: 1591; Shattuck, 1994: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 79.
• Senior synonym of Azteca muelleri wacketi: Longino, 1991a: 1591; Shattuck, 1994: 22; Bolton, 1995b: 79.

Junior synonyms

• Azteca muelleri brunni Forel, 1909
• Azteca muelleri janeirensis Forel, 1912
• Azteca muelleri nigridens Forel, 1908
• Azteca muelleri wacketi Emery, 1908
• Azteca nigella Emery, 1893
• Azteca ulei gibbifera Forel, 1908

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