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Azteca virens Forel, 1899 junior synonym of current valid taxon Azteca alfari Emery, 1893

Azteca virens Forel, 1899h: 115 (footnote) (w.) BRAZIL (Pará). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Brazil: Pará (E.A. Göldi). Primary type depositories: MCZC, MHNG, NHMB. Type notes: 1) Baroni Urbani, 1977e: 80, cites 1 worker syntype in NHMB. 2) Shattuck, 1994: 11, cites 16 worker syntypes (3 in MCZC, 12 in MHNG, 1 in NHMB).

Status as species: Emery, 1913a: 35; Borgmeier, 1923: 98; Wheeler, 1942: 247; Kempf, 1972b: 36.
Junior synonym of Azteca alfari: Longino, 1989b: 5; Brandão, 1991: 329; Shattuck, 1994: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 80; Longino, 2007: 15.

Citations

Baroni Urbani, C. 1977e. Katalog der Typen von Formicidae (Hymenoptera) der Sammlung des Naturhistorischen Museums Basel (2. Teil). Mitteilungen der Entomologischen Gesellschaft Basel (n.s.)27:61-102.
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.
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
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
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. 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. 1942. Studies of Neotropical ant-plants and their ants. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 90:1-262. PDF

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