Azteca Forel, 1878:384

Ulysséa, Mônica Antunes, Prado, Lívia Pires do & Brandão, Carlos Roberto Ferreira, 2017, Catalogue of the Dolichoderinae, Formicinae and Martialinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) types deposited at the Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo) 57 (23), pp. 295-311 : 298-299

Genus Azteca Forel, 1878:384

Azteca aesopus Forel, 1908:392 . Cotypes[Syntypes]: 4W, [Coll. Borgm.] Nr. 2155. Comment: According to Borgmeier’s catalogue the label information is “ BRAZIL, Espírito Santo, Porto Cachoeira, E. Garbe col., 01.xii.1905 ”, but the original publication says “ São Paulo, v. Ihering col.”.

Azteca alfari var. mixta Forel, 1908:386 . Cotypes[Paralectotypes]: 4W, [Coll. Borgm.] Nr. 2153. One worker missing L3 tarsi. Junior synonym of Azteca alfari Emery, 1893 by Longino, 1989:5. Comment: According to Borgmeier’s catalogue the label information is “ BRAZIL, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Sapopemba, 31.i.1906, Wacket leg.”, but the original publication says “San Bernardino, Paraguay or São Paulo, Brazil”. Longino (1989) designated the paralectotypes without studying or mentioning the specimens deposited at the MZSP ant collection.

Azteca andreae Guerrero, Delabie & Dejean, 2010:54. Paratype: 1G, FRENCH GUI- ANA, [Sinnamary], Paracou [Research Station, 05°22’39”N / 52°57’35”W], 24.vii.2008, Dejean, A. et al. col., hand collecting. Dealated gyne missing A1. Comment: At the MZSP ant collection there is one worker labelled as paratype, that can not be considered as type as the original publication did not mention this specimen .

Azteca diabolica Guerrero, Delabie & Dejean, 2010:56. Paratype: 1G, PANAMA: San Lorenzo forest , 09°16’47.58”N / 79°58’29.94”W, Ibisca [project], 17.x.2003, J. Schmidl [leg.], fog[ging] J-2 .

Azteca goeldii Forel, 1906:245 . Cotype[Syntype]: 1W, [ BRAZIL, Acre, Aldeia Indígena] Porto Alegre, [Rio] Purus, Huber [leg., Coll. Borgm.] Nr. 3901.

Azteca goeldii st. croceiscapa Forel, 1915:361 Cotypes [Syntypes]: 4W, [ BRAZIL, São Paulo, Franca, Garbe col., ii.2011, Coll. Borgm.] Nr. 2164. One worker missing A1 and A2 funiculus. Nomen nudum attributed to Emery ( Bolton, 1995).

Azteca iheringi Forel, 1915:359 . Cotypes[Syntypes]: 4W, [ BRAZIL, Minas Gerais, Pirapora , vi.1912, E. Garbe col., Coll. Borgm.] Nr. 2163. One worker missing A2, L1, L2 and L3; one worker missing A2.

Azteca merida Longino, 1991:1589 . Paratype: 1G, V[ENE]Z[UELA], E[sta]do Trujillo, 14 km ESE Bocon , 09°12’N / 70°09’W, 1,500-1,850 m, 25.viii.1987, ex Cecropia palmatisecta, Longino nº 1860-s. Dealated gyne.

Azteca paraensis var. bondari Borgmeier, 1937:250 . Cotypes[Syntypes]: 6W 1G, [ BRAZIL, Bahia, G. Bondar leg., ii.1930, Coll. Borgm.] Nr. 5265. Cotypes[Syntypes]: 3W, [ BRAZIL, Bahia, Água Preta, 1933, Borgmeier leg., Coll. Bondar] Nr. 1842. Dealated gyne; one worker missing L1 tarsi. Comment: Borgmeier (1937) treated part of the specimens as types and part as paratypes, and did not designate one specimen as holotype. We consider them all as syntypes.

Azteca snellingi Guerrero, Delabie & Dejean, 2010:61. Paratype: 1W, PANAMÁ, Panama City, Parque Metropolitano , 26.ii.2008, N.B. Espirito Santo & S.P. Ribeiro [legs.] .

Azteca ulei var. gibbifera Forel, 1908:392 . Cotypes[Syntypes]:4W, [ BRAZIL, São Paulo, Ilha Vitória, F. Gunther leg., iv.1906, Coll. Borgm.] Nr. 2150, [MP 2492]. Junior synonym of Azteca muelleri Emery, 1893 by Longino, 1991:1591.