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[[ Genus
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<taxonomicName id="B24AB2EFC14EF5AD3FB54F1C62CC891B" ID-CoL="36XS" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2370" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Azteca</taxonomicName>
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]]
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<paragraph id="5625C8C039FFB902F8BA2E86FA094C9F" pageNumber="10">Key to queens (Costa Rica)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="98D28AFE05E6BC07066502BDBE152FB4" pageNumber="10">
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The queen of
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<taxonomicName id="D7E7E28610ED39D3CA6FF7BDD8DC37A2" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25977" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca chartifex Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chartifex">A. chartifex</taxonomicName>
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is unknown, but it will probably key to
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<taxonomicName id="2D58147240B1A133BF120F9FEDDDCF3A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26030" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca tonduzi Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tonduzi">A. tonduzi</taxonomicName>
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.
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<paragraph id="973052690AB542DB77E48B69AD3147B4" pageNumber="10">1. Outer margin of hind tibia with abundant erect setae, MTSC usually> 20, if MTSC in the 10-20 range, CI> 95..............................................................................................................................................................2</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2780716B80BADC8540AD97170BEF2B37" pageNumber="10">- Outer margin of hind tibia with erect setae reduced to absent, MTSC <20, if MTSC in the 10-20 range, CI <80.......................................................................................................................................................11</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3E65316765807D2466E85AF9AD8384E7" pageNumber="10">
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2. Head subrectangular (Fig. 2,
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<taxonomicName id="9F3ACE8D2AE60B0E1EE14B437EDA8777" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25979" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca coeruleipennis Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coeruleipennis">coeruleipennis</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="71EDD56AFA6AF5343582CEEFC47E3B3E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26036" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca xanthochroa (Roger)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xanthochroa">xanthochroa</taxonomicName>
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), CI <90, obligate
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<taxonomicName id="817772C92919D856FFB796DE1C8D1CD2" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" genus="Cecropia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageNumber="10" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Cecropia</taxonomicName>
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inhabitant..........3
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<paragraph id="4878B853B7DB2141387E3E38359DD522" pageNumber="10">
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- Head with sides more rounded (e.g., Fig. 2,
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<taxonomicName id="9CF48EF8C11EF50EBE990D183B79741C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25980" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca constructor Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="constructor">constructor</taxonomicName>
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), CI> 90, nesting habits various........................4
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<paragraph id="0C3D5016F4F1E86462E5F6783ACFD6D1" pageNumber="10">
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3. Color dark brown to black, HW <1.55mm; head shape as in Fig. 2 (
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<taxonomicName id="37F63E69847E4EC138522A62FCB5221B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25979" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca coeruleipennis Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coeruleipennis">coeruleipennis</taxonomicName>
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); palpal formula 6,4.. ................................................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="C54157C21DE12AC71685D5621B1C7AD0" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25979" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca coeruleipennis Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coeruleipennis">coeruleipennis</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="AF0F3874D96D08884014E6414F1E6472" pageNumber="10">
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- Color orange, HW> 1.80mm; head shape as in Fig. 2 (
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<taxonomicName id="0C93099939524ADD5D73F3033A3E6F61" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26036" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca xanthochroa (Roger)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xanthochroa">xanthochroa</taxonomicName>
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); palpal formula 5,3......
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<taxonomicName id="9CDCB3099CA5B4BA3D7696242B7A1F9B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26036" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca xanthochroa (Roger)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xanthochroa">xanthochroa</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="A891CA22C6CA378D0C88DD1DA14E34F2" pageNumber="10">
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4. Color solid black throughout; mesosomal dorsum with dense brush of setae over entire surface; many setae on margin of vertex as long as distance between lateral ocelli (Fig. 2,
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<taxonomicName id="0ACFF6485C4A4F9EF377A1308998BDD3" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25980" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca constructor Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="constructor">constructor</taxonomicName>
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); HW 1.4-1.8mm (Fig. 4A); palpal formula 5,3; obligate
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<taxonomicName id="722DC4377605776D4EEAE370805D9D8C" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" genus="Cecropia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageNumber="10" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Cecropia</taxonomicName>
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inhabitant.......................................................
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<taxonomicName id="2AE6210DABCC7B1FF08085168E756F10" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25980" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca constructor Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="10" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="constructor">constructor</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="0327F61C375FB4EA1A88F512291BED4B" pageNumber="10">
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- Color rarely solid black, usually red brown, or black with lighter yellow brown on variable extent of anterior and lateral face; mesosomal dorsum often with abundant setae but never a dense brush; setae on margin of vertex shorter than distance between lateral ocelli; HW various; palpal formula 6,4; not obligate
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<taxonomicName id="1A789E8510CB7B7E2768ABE5735E49F0" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" genus="Cecropia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageNumber="10" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Cecropia</taxonomicName>
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inhabitants....................................................................................................................................5
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<paragraph id="AD582F8D25334B800D9F8EBE02791BCE" pageNumber="10">5. HW> 2.3mm; face usually uniformly colored light red brown to dark brown...........................................6</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2DEFCCC008F674FF317392DAA60FCDAC" pageNumber="10">- HW <2.2mm; face with variable combination of black to lighter yellow brown (varies from almost entirely black with narrow region of lighter color at anterior margin of head capsule, to almost entirely yellow brown with patch of infuscation on posteromedian vertex)............................................................7</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3AEF80D2C63D55EC353B3A28F547B6A6" pageNumber="11">
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6. Antennae relatively long (SI> 58); ocelli large (OCW> 0.20mm); posterior sternal lobe of petiole shallow and evenly sloping to apex of posterior tergal lobe (Fig. 1E, 5); apex of petiolar node in lateral view flattened and scale-like (Fig. 5) .......................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="458E5443A8EC6AA1B956C233A1D5450C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25999" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca instabilis (Smith)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="instabilis">instabilis</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F7B29ACF28FABD5D3CBB1E4DD1DBE4CC" pageNumber="11">
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- Antennae relatively shorter (SI <55); ocelli small (OCW <0.15mm); posterior sternal lobe of petiole more convex and shorter, meeting posterior tergal lobe before apex (Fig. 1D, 5); apex of petiolar node acute but not as strongly flattened, more bluntly rounded (Fig. 5) .......................................................
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<taxonomicName id="AB31B09854257DCF8F39160201B68A56" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25993" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca gnava Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gnava">gnava</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="8343A01A5810C9A3865020C82EAE0B0F" pageNumber="11">
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7. HW> 1.9mm (Fig. 4A); face extensively yellow brown with darker brown infuscation on vertex (Fig. 3) .......................................................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="F91069E30DCAEF0FE5B6D7FC4B8AAC41" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239265" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca sericeasur" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeasur">sericeasur</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="EC63E70AA7AAB267AC7F181E4003918C" pageNumber="11">- HW <1.9mm; face coloration as above or more extensively dark brown to black .................................... 8</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="89827F71E29F5FB637E12A50F425F3E7" pageNumber="11">
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8. HW <1.58mm (Fig. 6A); head almost entirely black, with small band of lighter coloration on anterior head capsule (Fig. 3) .....................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="952E2CC75BDAB158ECA88F1928874A19" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239261" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca flavigaster" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">flavigaster</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="EFBE834EEBE2D49A584443731C74CBBA" pageNumber="11">- HW> 1.58mm; head coloration as above or with more extensive yellow coloration extending up sides of head and into antennal fossae ...................................................................................................................... 9</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6064B9632802155EFA82991242EFF7BB" pageNumber="11">
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9. Sternal lobe of petiole with posterior margin forming a separate convexity that extends as far posteriorly as posterior tergal lobe, with a small notch or concavity between the sternal convexity and the tergal lobe (Fig. 1D, 5); head relatively short (Fig. 6A); forms ant gardens ...........................................................
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<taxonomicName id="F99AE6D16B2CF9C428E3FAF787A10770" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239262" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca nigra" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigra">nigra</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="A7A7F4E2072DD6D0BC9F3746E4A27719" pageNumber="11">
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- Sternal lobe of petiole evenly curved to tergosternal suture, not forming separate convexity or notch, posterior tergal lobe extending further posteriorly than sternal lobe (Fig. 1E); head relatively longer (Fig. 6A:
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<taxonomicName id="BA53F8347F5527217C40275B4A340CF9" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26035" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca velox Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velox">velox</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="7ABCED56ED782C9F71EFCF29195507E9" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239264" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca quadraticeps" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadraticeps">quadraticeps</taxonomicName>
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); nests in live or dead stems with variable construction of small carton shelters, but not forming large conspicuous ant gardens ............................................................................................... 10
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<paragraph id="1E4B1124F256A6359F5A4CDBB2385E72" pageNumber="11">
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10. Head relatively shorter and more cordate, sides more strongly narrowing anteriorly (Fig. 3, 6A,B) ..
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<taxonomicName id="A7D34DEBD26EA28DC04331B6D7AC3769" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26035" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca velox Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velox">velox</taxonomicName>
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- Head relatively longer and more quadrate, sides less strongly narrowing anteriorly (Fig. 3, 6A,B) ............ ..................................................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="87CC7651A028B8CE0CB21D46E8580513" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239264" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca quadraticeps" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadraticeps">quadraticeps</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="0CC046FB947030602BCBB3C42EE4EBCA" pageNumber="11">
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11. Meso- and metatibial spurs absent; anterior margin of clypeus strongly convex, median lobe extending anterad to lateral lobes (HLB/HLA> 1.04); entire body smooth and shiny, highly polished (
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group) ................................................................................................................................................................... 12
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<paragraph id="B146E71E3513D20E779CD754ED6B10A7" pageNumber="11">- Meso- and metatibia with distinct pectinate spurs; anterior margin of clypeus weakly convex, subparallel with lateral lobes (HLB/HLA <1.01); body surface duller, not shiny ....................................................... 14</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2DA2E3A40E7FE85AE4A81FD87C96C2F1" pageNumber="11">
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12. Color yellow-orange; posterolateral margins of vertex forming pronounced triangular lobes (Fig. 2); CI> 85 (Fig. 4A) ......................................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="2A52653EEE8320F76F2F05E540896476" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:224602" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca aurita pilosula Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pilosula">pilosula</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="7CE59665DCF62C95B0DA85D3396AA0B5" pageNumber="11">- Color brown; posterolateral margins of vertex not forming pronounced triangular lobes; CI <80 .......... 13</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C642DBAAA1E56E0E98E5DBC8CCFEE6F7" pageNumber="11">
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13. HW <0.65mm (Fig. 4A); sides of head relatively more rounded and converging toward posterolateral lobes of vertex (Fig. 9); outer surface of metatibia with abundant suberect pubescence and numerous, regularly spaced, short, erect setae ......................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="700D80B9FEE3A7480F75B504D30D5D91" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239266" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca nanogyna" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nanogyna">nanogyna</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0224F4261EBBDD14518A846DC0A868AA" pageNumber="11">
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- HW> 1.00mm (Fig. 4A); sides of head subparallel, not converging toward posterolateral lobes of vertex (Fig. 2); outer surface of metatibia with pubescence relatively short, sparse, appressed, and inconspicuous; outer surface of metatibia lacking erect setae or with a few, irregularly spaced, short setae near the base .................................................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="214CCAF79C8B3B1A769A535E7355AD81" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca schimperi Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schimperi">schimperi</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C7F904FBC34100C3D0D2A7BB5D20BB3F" pageNumber="11">14. Head relatively short and broad (CI> 78) ................................................................................................. 15</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8A434AE2E67EC02718F5584E1289C246" pageNumber="11">- Head relatively long and narrow, subrectangular (CI <78) ...................................................................... 18</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F5F61F10F5D5780496E2685E7B600307" pageNumber="11">
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15. Petiolar node strongly flattened, scale-like (Fig. 5); head short and broad (CI> 100, Fig. 4A) ........
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<taxonomicName id="5FCC3A44AB7C51B2B7C04393277EDD5D" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26030" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca tonduzi Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tonduzi">tonduzi</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="AEC88CF4F7540C20C2CBF31A8864A969" pageNumber="11">- Petiolar node not strongly flattened, apex usually bluntly rounded; head relatively longer and thinner (CI <90) ........................................................................................................................................................... 16</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F6B89E79875A5CD59DC7250B10BFC2F4" pageNumber="11">
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16. HW> 1.53mm (Fig. 4A); dorsal surface of mandible evenly covered with abundant large piligerous puncta (Fig. 1G), setae arising from puncta erect, about as long as width of mandibular teeth; builds carton galleries on tree trunks, not a
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<taxonomicName id="F2D542F48E80CFF1D2131F1B7ACC7052" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" genus="Cecropia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageNumber="11" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Cecropia</taxonomicName>
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specialist ..........................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="B191E1032ADFF0374367F587B6A88DD3" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25991" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca forelii Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="11" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="forelii">forelii</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="027DC02E0C5EC01549309F4C417B26A7" lastPageNumber="12" pageNumber="11">
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- HW <1.45; much of dorsal surface of mandible with sparse, small puncta bearing setae that are reduced to short remnants, no longer than width of puncta (Fig. 1F), puncta with longer setae restricted to apex and near masticatory margin;
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<taxonomicName id="775E19203CA9CCB91B93C09EE68E6456" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" genus="Cecropia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageNumber="12" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Cecropia</taxonomicName>
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specialists..........................................................................................17
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="095EE0A1299C6420C51044A52B3F7DB5" pageNumber="12">
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17. Fourth abdominal tergum with <6 erect setae, exclusive of posterior row; dorsal surface of head, when viewed in profile, with setae occurring in three clusters separated by distinct gaps, one cluster on and just above the clypeus, one around the ocelli (these may be entirely absent), and one on the upper vertex; scape relatively short (SI 45-49, Fig. 6C); color usually black............................................................
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<taxonomicName id="B3648654530CB72E09D21F7DE6DE8E5D" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25967" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca alfari Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfari">alfari</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9293203D3CF1F0CDF597D17DC76D7FAA" pageNumber="12">
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- Fourth abdominal tergum with> 10 erect setae (rarely fewer), exclusive of posterior row; dorsal surface of head, when viewed in profile, often with setae bridging the gap between the ocellar region and the upper vertex, and often with setae extending up from the clypeus almost to the ocellar region; scape relatively longer (SI 49-54, Fig. 6C); color black to lighter red brown...............................................
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<taxonomicName id="5DE7BC0386F98B08014584BCC4406C3C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26013" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca ovaticeps Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovaticeps">ovaticeps</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="45FACEFC4A7E6B320121DDDFBF8726FE" pageNumber="12">
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18. Color largely orange; HW> 1.2mm (Fig. 4A)......................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="8DEDFDFE1FDC8E0C4CA8D92BD7B7CEAE" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:224603" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca beltii Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beltii">beltii</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6E73B5EC6C314CF0D10A4CD829DC96EB" pageNumber="12">- Color largely or entirely black; HW <1.2mm...........................................................................................19</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="14014E15D87E8503FF51E9A905C82FC8" pageNumber="12">19. Mandible with even covering of coarse, piligerous puncta; mandible surface appearing bristly..............20</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C923AD47132A2966C726D2CCD52C74DE" pageNumber="12">- Mandible with row of piligerous puncta along masticatory margin, but large puncta sparse to absent on mandible surface proximal to this row, and with at most four puncta bearing setae.................................21</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9DF3AAAF3CEB096E0F3725F436954CE9" pageNumber="12">
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20. Scape relatively short (SI 39-43)..........................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="1DB5A37FA216D3E25C4C0CC70D47E2E6" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25976" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca brevis Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevis">brevis</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E39AFE52A14EA03797F1307B8705A1B1" pageNumber="12">
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- Scape longer (SI 50-52).................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="1F9F9557E09886D527D2A8CF58B29B2B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:224619" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca nigricans Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigricans">nigricans</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5C99403F31D81161C6B6BF30B2E243E9" pageNumber="12">21. Head strongly rectangular, with flat sides and posterolateral lobes of vertex relatively angular; head relatively longer and narrower (SI <63, Fig. 4B)...........................................................................................22</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="185FF6F0C7A88C04D0151F35AF46AC5C" pageNumber="12">
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- Head less rectangular, with sides slightly convex, and lateral margin of vertex more broadly rounded; head relatively shorter and wider (SI> 63, Fig. 4B)..........................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="FF1D45FD9B9F80BDEF634D5837FEA082" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca pittieri Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pittieri">pittieri</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="DAC30DDE26F4E5B763F37CEBA9D55721" pageNumber="12">
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22. Petiolar node low, anterior face of petiole flat (Fig. 5); metatibia with few erect setae (MTSC <5); propodeum with sparse short setae concentrated posterior to spiracle; mandible lacking large puncta proximal to masticatory margin; size relatively large (HW> 0.92mm, Fig. 4B)...........................................
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<taxonomicName id="87A2C5EFCE83C79B4A7D1E61B254997B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239263" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca oecocordia" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oecocordia">oecocordia</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7F25BC35A34378F19D54BECF2ACA8C90" pageNumber="12">
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- Petiolar node higher, anterior face somewhat concave (Fig. 5); metatibia with relatively more setae (MTSC 10-20); propodeum with setae sparse or abundant; mandible with about 5 large puncta proximal to masticatory margin; size relatively smaller (HW <0.93mm, Fig. 4B)......................................
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<taxonomicName id="C9B30AE2580C8F7BDC2F11B3F12884DC" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26005" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca longiceps Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longiceps">longiceps</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="68B23CA28DD8389D8CA83E04FFCC8D9E" pageNumber="12">Key to workers (Costa Rica)</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="89AFD8A6D750ADC1044FC780452B8CA1" pageNumber="12">
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Identifying
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<taxonomicName id="13AA4F7914D3D1C32D6DAD40FC5F2B8D" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:2370" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Azteca</taxonomicName>
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species from the morphological traits of individual workers is difficult. Colonies show strong size variation among workers (Wheeler 1986), and the size of the largest workers increases as colonies mature. The larger a worker is, the more queen-like it is and the more differentiable from other species. The following key is most likely to work when a series from a mature colony is available, so that the largest workers can be selected for examination. When size ranges are given in the key, they refer to these larger workers. The workers of
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<taxonomicName id="5F86019609D1406437609695879DEFB2" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239266" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca nanogyna" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nanogyna">A. nanogyna</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="2C9F58C54C9358B863AB271E0D892964" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239264" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca quadraticeps" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="quadraticeps">A. quadraticeps</taxonomicName>
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are unknown.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="22802D34F1630BA26093D3305A70A3D0" pageNumber="12">
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1. Middle and hind tibia lacking apical spur; anterior margin of clypeus strongly convex, median lobe protruding further than lateral lobes (HLB/HLA> 1.04), Fig. 3:
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<taxonomicName id="70BEEF609219774FE27BCD73C66D3E5E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:224602" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca aurita pilosula Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pilosula">pilosula</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="5DFB4FB5930C98B46CCAE6D12166D88C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca schimperi Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schimperi">schimperi</taxonomicName>
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); palpal formula 4,3 (
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<taxonomicName id="D7095CFFC6689C117B88799DE5F6395B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25971" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca aurita Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="aurita">aurita</taxonomicName>
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group)...............................................................................................................................................2
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4F315293CEE5957B7E97B9093438DB34" pageNumber="12">- Middle and hind tibia with distinct, pectinate apical spur; median lobe of clypeus not protruding, subparallel with lateral clypeal lobes (HLB/HLA <1.01); palpal formula 5,3 or 6,4...........................................3</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="82A08F47E2E7AA675790FDD65574C555" pageNumber="12">
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2. Dorsal surface of mandible smooth, not striate; posterolateral margin of vertex evenly rounded (Fig. 3); sternal lobe of petiole with sharp, longitudinal carina....................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="EBF76E23D0FDF5374B44E94FC9B4DBC7" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26020" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca schimperi Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="schimperi">schimperi</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FDFEF9E066C7ABD197E57785203B4ECF" pageNumber="12">
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- Dorsal surface of mandible striate; posterolateral margin of vertex subangular (Fig. 3); sternal lobe of petiole longitudinally tectiform but not carinate...................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="727FB4249B3E523420CF59D11BE112EA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:224602" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca aurita pilosula Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="12" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pilosula">pilosula</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3F3EE9841D610217E0F33294E44E8A49" pageNumber="13">3. Outer surface of hind tibia completely devoid of erect setae, rarely with 1 or 2 short setae on largest workers; palpal formula 5,3 ................................................................................................................................. 4</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="021C4B4F2848108214EE8B454522C8D4" pageNumber="13">- Outer surface of hind tibia with 5 or more erect setae (these may be very short, less than a quarter of tibial width, and difficult to see); palpal formula 5,3 or 6,4.. ............................................................................... 8</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F55BC813BD989A7A4DBD9DBB3BF81BB0" pageNumber="13">
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4. Promesonotum strongly produced, bulging, dropping steeply to flat dorsal face of propodeum (Fig. 7) ..... .........................................................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="BD03DBEEA75AC1A2DD1449BE5654BD45" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25977" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca chartifex Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chartifex">chartifex</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9E73D1A3E23DA1E94C62CFDAA072DED2" pageNumber="13">- Promesonotum less strongly produced, posterior mesonotum more shallowly sloping and meeting dorsal face of propodeum at more obtuse angle ..................................................................................................... 5</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F30CAD6C5131493ACF6E2A7A25F57077" pageNumber="13">5. Dorsal surface of mandible largely smooth with small non-setose puncta, setigerous puncta restricted to masticatory margin (Fig. 1F) ....................................................................................................................... 6</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E709BA97DB703A2EE39F1E44458550D0" pageNumber="13">- Dorsal surface of mandible evenly covered with large setigerous puncta (Fig. 1G) ................................... 7</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D575F4E455E842C68CE75AB85844CD0D" pageNumber="13">
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6. Dorsum of mesosoma with a relatively "clean" look, with relatively few erect setae, these of relatively uniform length (MNSC 2-17, median 8, Fig. 7) ..................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="D248C6AAD904B025E15044156E2E9A8F" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25967" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca alfari Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfari">alfari</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="33A5D4B963DF284DD42E3F85205FB309" pageNumber="13">
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- Dorsum of mesosoma more "scruffy," with more setae, and these of irregular length (MNSC> 10, median about 20, Fig. 7) ..............................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="2B42D107EDDCB2E971F39A84BA39BC29" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26013" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca ovaticeps Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovaticeps">ovaticeps</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C0EC8D204799BA0EFDB066953A6DE3BD" pageNumber="13">
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7. Dorsal face of propodeum with moderately abundant erect setae; SI> 50; HW of larger workers often> 1.1mm; basal half or more of mandible microalveolate, dull ...............................................................
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<taxonomicName id="BF36C5576C510C0BA129E233ECEC5962" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25991" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca forelii Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="forelii">forelii</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="63465DBB249D2736A0A0480D9EBACEB9" pageNumber="13">
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- Dorsal face of propodeum devoid of erect setae; SI <50; HW of larger workers usually <1.0mm; entire mandible generally smooth and shiny on interspaces between puncta .................................................
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<taxonomicName id="E0CD09D41B9558C143371D82ACA2A717" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25976" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca brevis Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="brevis">brevis</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0B1C9823C75D7792E0FA595D6DD8BFC3" pageNumber="13">
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8. Palpal formula 6,4; color yellow; dorsal face of propodeum and metanotal groove together form a single flat "shelf" that abruptly meets rising posterior mesonotum (Fig. 7); obligate
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<taxonomicName id="B4625A5FC611441BC78CFBE0BB71F9B2" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" genus="Cecropia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageNumber="13" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Cecropia</taxonomicName>
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inhabitant ............. ................................................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="940A63809015B63DE67DF10A95C9EDC7" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25979" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca coeruleipennis Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="coeruleipennis">coeruleipennis</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C53F9489A0CBC22E743E562228CA749B" pageNumber="13">
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- Palpal formula 5,3 or 6,4; color various; dorsal face of propodeum and mesonotum forming two convexities that meet at impressed metanotal groove (e.g., Fig. 7,
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<taxonomicName id="2E99B11776AC5D58FCB97B87B017EAC5" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239265" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca sericeasur" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeasur">sericeasur</taxonomicName>
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worker); nesting habits various ..... 9
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="63E2F4B00BC5CC4F8A903BCBFC1B5AAA" pageNumber="13">
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9. Palpal formula 5,3; mostly species (with the exception of
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<taxonomicName id="D30BE1DEA79782B7DC04810498FCF4C9" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26030" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca tonduzi Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tonduzi">A. tonduzi</taxonomicName>
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) nesting in myrmecophytes (
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<taxonomicName id="4D3C44082B5F1E3FD472116AD8737F99" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" genus="Cecropia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageNumber="13" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Cecropia</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="3D139D0F39BB45939B86FC3D3F84A7DA" class="Insecta" family="Aphrophoridae" genus="Cordia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cordia</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="1AF877B2DABC745E1B033FE219215A78" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Polygonaceae" genus="Triplaris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageNumber="13" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Triplaris</taxonomicName>
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) or narrow-gauge live stems of various plant species, with foraging restricted to the hostplant stem interiors or surfaces ........................................................................................................... 10
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="F0A157B57D52FD42CC3782512EAC90EB" pageNumber="13">- Palpal formula 6,4; species nesting in large plant cavities or ant gardens, with conspicuous and generalized surface foragers .................................................................................................................................. 17</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FCB640CB7722CAE10613F4C1E75B391B" pageNumber="13">
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10. Head relatively broad, CI> 86 (Fig. 6D); obligate
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<taxonomicName id="C79A0D4563C5A8E13CE1BB944F8621CE" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" genus="Cecropia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageNumber="13" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Cecropia</taxonomicName>
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inhabitants or nesting in dead stems .......... 11
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3A550D82045C1DFDE4A77392C8D81490" pageNumber="13">
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- Head relatively narrow, CI <90 (Fig. 6D); inhabitants of live stems but not obligate
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<taxonomicName id="88A3A92A8098200CE723AD5C645C8629" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" genus="Cecropia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageNumber="13" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Cecropia</taxonomicName>
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specialists ................................................................................................................................................................... 13
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FF2DFB252A1B2B1EDE77782D277A868F" pageNumber="13">
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11. Setae on metatibia sparse and short, MTSC 10-20, length of setae one fourth to one third maximum width of tibia; HW of larger workers <0.91mm (Fig. 6D); nests in dead stems often augmented with carton nests ....................................................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="06DCA15C2345848D857154D7BCCFD962" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26030" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca tonduzi Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tonduzi">tonduzi</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="EE5739388A5BB3190E762A0A51EB5FEA" pageNumber="13">
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- Setae on metatibia abundant and longer, MTSC> 20, length of setae one half or more maximum width of tibia; HW of larger workers> 1.10mm (Fig. 6D); obligate inhabitants of
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<taxonomicName id="4AA541ED0A1F750D521812DCA2FA3D97" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" genus="Cecropia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageNumber="13" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Cecropia</taxonomicName>
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................................ 12
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FFEE5D82F0C1BD5C064C209475436005" pageNumber="13">
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12. Petiole in profile with node more massive than sternal lobe, perpendicular distance from tergosternal suture to apex of node greater than or equal to distance to ventral margin of sternal lobe (Fig. 7); face with mottled coloration, light brown to orange with variable extent of medial infuscation (Fig. 3)....
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<taxonomicName id="4363299F2E3880CC6F4068BE0197538B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26036" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca xanthochroa (Roger)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xanthochroa">xanthochroa</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="274E2923DB015C203ADFF87A0FA38D42" pageNumber="13">
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- Petiole in profile with node less massive than sternal lobe, perpendicular distance from tergosternal suture to apex of node less than distance to ventral margin of sternal lobe (Fig. 7); face uniformly brown (Fig. 3) .....................................................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="823C7775283E5C4A77EE861AC31D939C" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25980" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca constructor Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="constructor">constructor</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="42573EA4DA3C719DD9D3F9FE5BE1AE75" pageNumber="13">
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13. Most of dorsal surface of mandible covered with large piligerous puncta, mandibles appearing bristly (Fig. 1G); nesting in live stems of multiple plant species, not obligate inhabitant of
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<taxonomicName id="7DDB2942AE5F5702BA0227B169E507B1" class="Insecta" family="Aphrophoridae" genus="Cordia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cordia</taxonomicName>
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or
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<taxonomicName id="D1B3490A4D68F6398809504F36206557" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Polygonaceae" genus="Triplaris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageNumber="13" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Triplaris</taxonomicName>
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... ........................................................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="DF372B41AB2D9215994147306148E632" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:224619" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca nigricans Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="13" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigricans">nigricans</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="FA1313E7F4AA3FBE892651D1F97B69F8" lastPageNumber="14" pageNumber="13">
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- Dorsal surface of mandible with large piligerous puncta, if present, restricted to masticatory margin and apex, mandibles not appearing bristly (Fig. 1F); nesting habits various, including obligate inhabitants of
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<taxonomicName id="574D98A16D7D77FF9B501C0987C78DF3" class="Insecta" family="Aphrophoridae" genus="Cordia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hemiptera" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Cordia</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="4E72146DDDBEC989D0105979D69F672F" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Polygonaceae" genus="Triplaris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageNumber="14" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Triplaris</taxonomicName>
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..................................................................................................................................14
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7DE7AD197149F5499CB7ED457227632A" pageNumber="14">14. Setae on metatibia few and short, MTSC usually about 5, setae about as long as one quarter width of tibia; propodeum with cluster of about 4 setae where dorsal face rounds into posterior face, 0-4 setae anterior of this cluster on dorsal face, these setae short, 1-2 times width of propodeal spiracle; largest workers with HW> 1.0mm (Fig. 6D).............................................................................................................................15</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="E35AE37F2958FDBB7875B1152372F80D" pageNumber="14">- Setae on metatibia more abundant and longer, MTSC 8-17, setae about as long as half width of tibia; dorsal face of propodeum with 4 or more setae, these setae long,> 4 times width of propodeal spiracle; largest workers with HW <1.0mm (Fig. 6D)..................................................................................................16</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="395DE77E4195F23DAEE73451E7980D61" pageNumber="14">
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15. Face of largest workers yellow; dorsal surface of mandible with interspaces between puncta largely smooth and shining, at most basal third of mandible shagreened; posterior margin of sternal lobe of petiole with a layer of dense, short, pubescence-like pilosity and 2-4 longer setae; opportunistic inhabitant of multiple ant plants and live stems of non-myrmecophytes...................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="2B2228C429837F6F29470CA723B54651" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:224603" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca beltii Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="beltii">beltii</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2F58DD4EF34F8D921F3990D516D19667" pageNumber="14">
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- Face of largest workers brown; dorsal surface of mandible with interspaces between puncta shagreened on basal half or more; posterior margin of sternal lobe of petiole with cluster of erect setae of even length; obligate inhabitant of
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<taxonomicName id="1B3476B8590675EAE04416B2CAA2C9D6" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cordiaceae" genus="Cordia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Boraginales" pageNumber="14" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="alliodora">Cordia alliodora</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="BE923F47B930982526EE0D820439EA41" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239263" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca oecocordia" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="oecocordia">oecocordia</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1A4A97BFABC758CAA6758D8AF593A90A" pageNumber="14">
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16. Head relatively broader (CI 78-91, Fig. 6D); obligate inhabitant of
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<taxonomicName id="01988EF7109FD1A5C43735E8B1063820" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Cordiaceae" genus="Cordia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Boraginales" pageNumber="14" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="alliodora">Cordia alliodora</taxonomicName>
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(or understory Lauraceae, see under
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<taxonomicName id="37B6CC36B828BD3DADB171AE9F9F3A5B" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca pittieri Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pittieri">A. pittieri</taxonomicName>
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)...............................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="5A8F054F0795664A3C307D457B5BB44E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26016" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca pittieri Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="pittieri">pittieri</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2B9F7986396EA431571BC5118E4226AC" pageNumber="14">
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- Head relatively narrower (CI 73-81, Fig. 6D); obligate inhabitant of
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<taxonomicName id="07F12A351B7C2D84C5E7765937713B23" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Polygonaceae" genus="Triplaris" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Caryophyllales" pageNumber="14" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="species" species="melaenodendron">Triplaris melaenodendron</taxonomicName>
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............... ........................................................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="A045CA366B21C985A2AC5B73F6FAACC6" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26005" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca longiceps Emery" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="longiceps">longiceps</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="42549D14311129AEDE5E5C3681B454F6" pageNumber="14">
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17. Mandibles opaque, densely microalveolate/punctate, substriate; posteroventral margin of petiole with abundant long coarse setae, shorter pubescence layer much less conspicuous than long setae (Fig. 7); majors very large (HW up to 2.2mm); nests in hollow trunks of large, live trees, with nest entrance a fissure at the base of the tree ................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="4443BEFBBD6E743B87AD3BAD9DE985CC" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25999" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca instabilis (Smith)" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="instabilis">instabilis</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="632A8E702549C8BEC5886C12C9E81B0F" pageNumber="14">- Mandibles shiny to weakly sculptured; largest workers typically smaller, HW <1.8mm; nesting habits various (the workers of the following species are highly variable and I have not been able to discover diagnostic characters that always differentiate them; the following key couplets reflect average differences among species, but I have examined many worker series in this complex that I could not place).... 18</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="25D130CC628947ADB63E1208ED7BEAA8" pageNumber="14">
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18. Gastral dorsum bright yellow, sharply contrasting with dark brown petiole and mesosoma; measurements as in Figs. 6E,F..............................................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="94826A79773165FCA450901D97477D9A" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239261" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca flavigaster" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="flavigaster">flavigaster</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D70843F5351095B941D7338D87053A83" pageNumber="14">- Gastral dorsum dark brown, or, if light yellow brown, petiole and mesosoma are lighter brown as well, gastral color not sharply contrasting with mesosoma color.......................................................................19</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="89CC349A8ACF8CADDB9BDB4E85AA6A99" pageNumber="14">
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19. Head relatively broad (Fig. 3, 6E, CI 101-109); scape relatively short (Fig. 6F, SI 70-85); face usually uniformly dark brown (lighter orange brown in one series); setae on posterior margin of vertex usually long, subequal in length to eye length; forms ant gardens...................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="DB1DCC26776AB1FBB4C7B257CC68C234" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:25993" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca gnava Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gnava">gnava</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C197140D05057BCCFC4556367BA155D3" pageNumber="14">- Head relatively narrower; scape relatively longer; face color various but often a mixture of light and dark brown; setae on vertex margin usually shorter than eye length; nesting habits various............................20</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="DCAD2187EC2DC5F90CBA02E3E2B124B0" pageNumber="14">
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20. Largest workers with HW usually> 1.2mm; general body coloration often light orange brown; head shape often strongly cordate (Fig. 3).......................................................................................................
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<taxonomicName id="D05A916CC0756AB8E82A9CD699A1A1CA" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239265" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca sericeasur" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="sericeasur">sericeasur</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2CF6E6CAC77EA655203AB267ADBEE481" pageNumber="14">
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- Largest workers with HW usually <1.2mm; general coloration often dark brown with light orange brown restricted to anterior and lateral portions of head; head shape often less strongly cordate (Fig. 3:
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<taxonomicName id="342E0544DB5F0EE59C21CD6C621969AB" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26035" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca velox Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velox">velox</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="0C20403AF9732904ED2FAE2044DF8E34" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239262" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca nigra" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigra">nigra</taxonomicName>
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).........................................................................................................................................................21
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3198B7A75E87E292230448479AA12C3F" pageNumber="14">
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21. Scape relatively short (Fig. 6F, SI 78-89); nests in plant cavities.........................................................
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<taxonomicName id="3A79FBD351757C7B50639BA3607703CD" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:26035" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca velox Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="velox">velox</taxonomicName>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="394230BDFD14AC7831AEC09A6610D7E1" pageNumber="14">
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- Scape relatively longer (Fig. 6F, SI 84-105); nests in ant gardens.......................................................
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<taxonomicName id="52BC2A4FFAA1FFE2A604C234409E6936" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:239262" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca nigra" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="14" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigra">nigra</taxonomicName>
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