Date of this version: 5 June 2007.
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| Genus List | Key to Species | Genus overview |
Azteca alfari Emery 1893
Azteca beltii Emery 1893
Azteca brevis Forel 1899
Azteca chartifex Forel 1896
Azteca coeruleipennis Emery 1893
Azteca constructor Emery 1896
Azteca flavigaster Longino 2007
Azteca forelii Emery 1893
Azteca gnava Forel 1906
Azteca instabilis (F. Smith 1862)
Azteca longiceps Emery 1893
Azteca nanogyna Longino 2007
Azteca nigra Forel 1912
Azteca nigricans Forel 1899
Azteca oecocordia Longino 2007
Azteca ovaticeps Forel 1904
Azteca pilosula Forel 1899
Azteca pittieri Forel 1899
Azteca quadraticeps Longino 2007
Azteca schimperi Emery 1893
Azteca sericeasur Longino 2007
Azteca tonduzi Forel 1899
Azteca velox Forel 1899
Azteca xanthochroa (Roger 1863)
Azteca trigona Emery 1893
Longino, J. T. 1989a. Geographic variation and community structure in an ant-plant mutualism: Azteca and Cecropia in Costa Rica. Biotropica 21:126-132. (PDF)
Longino, J. T. 1989. Taxonomy of the Cecropia-inhabiting ants in the Azteca alfari species group: evidence for two broadly sympatric species. Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 412:1-16. (PDF)
Longino, J. T. 1991a. Azteca ants in Cecropia trees: taxonomy, colony structure, and behavior. Pages 271-288 in C. Huxley and D. Cutler, editors. Ant-Plant Interactions. Oxford University Press, Oxford. (PDF)
Longino, J. T. 1991b. Taxonomy of the Cecropia-inhabiting Azteca ants. Journal of Natural History 25:1571-1602. (PDF)
Longino, J. T. 1996. Taxonomic characterization of some live-stem inhabiting Azteca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Costa Rica, with special reference to the ants of Cordia (Boraginaceae) and Triplaris (Polygonaceae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 5:131-156. (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. [ask for PDF]
Page author: John T. Longino longinoj@evergreen.edu
Date of this version: 5 June 2007.
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