Azteca velox, Forel, 1899

Christoph Germann, 2017, On the Auguste Forel ant collection in the Naturmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland: current state and illustrated type catalogue (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 124 (2), pp. 241-254 : 248

A. velox Forel, 1899

( Figs 3B , 4O ) 3 ☿): “ A. velox Forel ☿ Burithaka (Columbien) [=Buritaca, Colombia] [leg.] Forel”. Forel (1899) mentioned his (re-)description: “…Colombie, pied de la Sierra Nevada (Forel)” which fits well with the label’s locality, located north of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. However, A. velox is a replacement name for A. coeruleipennis var. fasciata Pergande, 1896 , based on homonymy. Hence Forel’s specimens of A. velox are not syntypes, but are included and illustrated here to avoid misinterpretations.

Figures

Fig. 3. (A) Paralectotype ☿ dorsal / lateral of Pogonomyrmex mayri Forel, 1899. (B) ☿ dorsal / lateral of Azteca velox Forel, 1899. (C) Syntypes ☿ of A. delpini antillana Forel, 1899. (D) Lasius myops Forel, 1894. (E) Cataglyphis savignyi (Dufour, 1862). (F) Camponotus alii Forel, 1890. Scale bars 1 mm.

Fig. 4. Original labels of 16 syntypes and 2 paralectotypes. (A) Strongylognathus huberi Forel, 1874. (B) Myrmica smythiesii Forel, 1902. (C) Monomorium indicum Forel, 1902. (D) Messor lobicornis Forel, 1894. (E) Camponotus bugnioni Forel, 1899. (F) Monomorium smithii Forel, 1892. (G) Temnothorax algiricus trabutii (Forel, 1894). (H) Temnothorax delaparti (Forel, 1890). (I) T. oraniensis (Forel, 1894). (J) Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892. (K) Solenopsis latro Forel, 1894. (L) Crematogaster ranavalonae Forel, 1887. (M) C. daisyi Forel, 1901. (N) Pogonomyrmex mayri Forel, 1899. (O) Azteca velox Forel, 1899. (P) A. delpini antillana Forel, 1899. (Q) Lasius myops Forel, 1894. (R) Cataglyphis savignyi (Dufour, 1862). (S) Camponotus alii Forel, 1890.