Azteca lanuginosa Emery
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Azteca lanuginosa Emery 1893
Azteca lanuginosa Emery 1893:341. Holotype worker: Brazil, S. Catharina (Schmalz) [MCSN] (examined). Description of queen, male: Forel 1908b:389.
Queen characters. Measurements (n=1): HLA 1.30, HW 0.96, SL 0.90, CI 74, SI 69.
Similar to the queen of A. schimperi, but smaller and much more pilose throughout; setae more dense on legs and scapes, abundant on mesosomal dorsum, petiolar node, and gaster.
Worker characters. Measurements (n=2): HLA 1.25 (1.15-1.35), HW 1.24 (1.14-1.34), SL 0.89 (0.82- 0.95), CI 99 (99-99), SI 71 (70-71).
Head shape, mandible shape and sculpture, and pilosity very like A. schimperi, but pubescence thicker, woolier; color uniformly brown.
Range. Southern Brazil.
Biology. The Ehrhardt series described by Forel (1908b) was from a carton nest on a Cecropia tree.
Additional material examined. BRAZIL: Santa Catarina: dist. Jaraguá, Itapocú river basin, 11 Dec 1907 (Ehrhardt) - queens, males, workers [MHNG]; Sao Paulo: Ypiranga, E. S. Paulo, "Museu 1906, N. 2394 " - worker [MHNG]; " S. Paulo " (von Ihering) - workers [MHNG].
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/A75589B0B733EFAA7DECE020EC76B43D (URL)
- Is source of
- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/A87C4B52DED0664D641BE24C7FC54907 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/100125917 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- MCSN , MHNG
- Material sample ID
- N. 2394
- Event date
- 1907-12-11
- Verbatim event date
- 1907-12-11
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Azteca
- Species
- lanuginosa
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- Holotype