A taxonomic review of the genus Azteca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Costa Rica and a global revision of the aurita group. Author Longino, J. T. text Zootaxa 2007 1491 1 63 http://www.antbase.org/ants/publications/21311/21311.pdf journal article 21311 C31A1226-724D-4D1A-8471-E6BB441EE3EF [[ Genus Azteca ]] Taxonomic synopsis, Costa Rica fauna A. alfari Emery 1893. Mexico to Argentina. = bicolor Emery 1893 = breviscapa Forel 1912 = cecropiae Forel 1906 = curtiscapa Forel 1912 = fumaticeps Forel 1909 = langi Wheeler 1942 = lucidula Forel 1899 = lynchi Brethes 1914 = mixta Forel 1908 = virens Forel 1899 A. beltii Emery 1893. Guatemala to Panama. = laeta Wheeler 1942 = stolli Forel 1912 A. brevis Forel 1899. Costa Rica, Guatemala. A. chartifex Forel , in Emery 1896b. Costa Rica to Brazil. = laticeps Forel 1899. New synonymy . A. coeruleipennis Emery , 1893. Mexico to Costa Rica. A. constructor Emery , 1896b. Guatemala to Venezuela. = emmae Forel 1904 = guianae Wheeler 1942 A. flavigaster . New species . Costa Rica. A. forelii Emery 1893. Mexico to Colombia, Trinidad. = championi Forel 1899. New synonymy . = eiseni Pergande 1895. New synonymy . = raptrix Forel 1912. New synonymy . = ursina Forel 1899. New synonymy . = xysticola Forel 1899. New synonymy . A. gnava Forel 1906. Mexico to Costa Rica. = rossi Forel 1909. New synonymy . = surubrensis Forel 1912. New synonymy . A. instabilis (F. Smith 1862). Mexico to southern Brazil = major Forel 1899. New synonymy . A. longiceps Emery 1893. Costa Rica, Guatemala. = prorsa Wheeler 1942. New synonymy . A. nanogyna . See Addendum. A. nigra Forel 1912. Panama, Costa Rica. New status . A. nigricans Forel 1899. Costa Rica, Panama Guatemala. A. oecocordia . New species . Costa Rica. A. ovaticeps Forel , 1904. Costa Rica to Amazonian Brazil, Bolivia. = aequalis Forel 1906. = aequilata Forel 1904. = tuberosa Forel 1906. A. pilosula . See Addendum. A. pittieri Forel 1899. Costa Rica. = patruelis Forel 1908. New synonymy . = emarginatisquamis Forel , 1920. A. quadraticeps . New species . Costa Rica. A. schimperi . See Addendum. A. sericeasur . New species . Guatemala to Panama. A. tonduzi Forel 1899. Costa Rica, Colombia. A. velox Forel 1899. Mexico to Colombia. = nigriventris Forel 1899. New synonymy . = rectinota Forel 1908. New synonymy . A. xanthochroa (Roger 1863). Mexico to Panama. = costaricensis Wheeler 1942. Addendum Azteca aurita group A. aurita Emery 1893. Panama to Amazonian Brazil = silvae Forel 1899 New synonymy . A. lallemandi Forel 1899. Panama, Colombia, eastern Brazil = pruinosa Mann 1916 New synonymy . A. lanuginosa Emery 1893. Southern Brazil A. nanogyna . New species . Costa Rica. A. pilosula Forel 1899. Costa Rica, Panama. New status . = lacrymosa Forel 1899. New synonymy . A. schimperi Emery 1893. Mexico to Argentina = A. fiebrigi Forel 1909 New synonymy . = A. clariceps Santschi 1933 New synonymy . = A. pallida Stitz 1937 New synonymy . Miscellaneous A. jelskii Emery 1893 = columbica Forel 1912. New synonymy . A. sericea (Mayr 1866). Mexico. = mexicana Emery 1896a. New synonymy .