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<taxonomicName id="CD61B103C66F1751CF10319C7F903EC7" ID-CoL="K5ZX" 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="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovaticeps">Azteca ovaticeps Forel</taxonomicName>
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1904
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<paragraph id="2C38E80A26EC9D89715C045F2CAACC9F" pageNumber="42">Figures 4A,6C,7.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="073A39B84AF80D15EFD2873F8786E85F" pageNumber="42">
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<taxonomicName id="A2EE4C096DEAD7E80568F3936999CC74" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:134395" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca alfaroi var. ovaticeps Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="alfaroi" variety="ovaticeps">Azteca alfaroi var. ovaticeps Forel</taxonomicName>
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1904a:44.
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<typeStatus id="3F6A3F760D9B0834C338B40FE2111E97">Syntype</typeStatus>
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queens, workers:
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(
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<collectorName id="686DD8D05441CABA5A311235821EE304">Goeldi</collectorName>
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) [
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<collectionCode id="2BC1288E7609BF0D156A046927AC177B" collectionName="Switzerland, Geneva, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle">MHNG</collectionCode>
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<collectionCode id="C03BF7A9BD81596FE4FFA74BDA42C56F" collectionName="USA, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology">MCZC</collectionCode>
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(examined). Raised to species: Longino 1989a:8.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BB89CA519F81BA6BD88F3AD865D52924" pageNumber="42">
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<taxonomicName id="DEB2A6BA153CC047B550C542FA8C3E10" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:134363" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca alfari var. aequilata Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="alfari" variety="aequilata">Azteca alfari var. aequilata Forel</taxonomicName>
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1904b:691.
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<materialsCitation id="CE4157CCF122784D61AE6361BA281805" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923890800" collectionCode="MHNG" country="Brazil" location="Cachveira Jurua (ex Cecropia No. 5587)" stateProvince="Amazonas" typeStatus="Lectotype">
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<typeStatus id="6D91019C6519BA21B490DF70BF5D22E5">Lectotype</typeStatus>
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worker:
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<collectingCountry id="EE4600A2DB2A760ED937A704E006F1D8">Brazil</collectingCountry>
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,
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,
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(ex
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No. 5587)
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(examined). Synonymy by Longino 1989a:8.
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<paragraph id="79B0B8C367EA58F8D6261084177DF63C" pageNumber="42">
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<taxonomicName id="637B72FA73C9992D305171A3F9E0129E" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:134394" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca alfari var. aequalis Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="alfari" variety="aequalis">Azteca alfari var. aequalis Forel</taxonomicName>
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1906:239.
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<materialsCitation id="CA90B0B590B99FFE9AE8F81C03D60B35" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923890782" collectionCode="MHNG" collectorName="Hagmann" country="Brazil" location="Mexiana Island, Amazon delta" typeStatus="Lectotype">
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<typeStatus id="12AA6EA7E05508F014A58B04A7404813">Lectotype</typeStatus>
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worker:
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<location id="5E9DD596793BC1B73A62308DF36C8E5B" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:461419ED72149EBEE0311654B55A5E3A:5E9DD596793BC1B73A62308DF36C8E5B" country="Brazil" name="Mexiana Island, Amazon delta">Mexiana Island, Amazon delta</location>
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(
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) [
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(examined). Description of queen, male: Forel 1908b:387. Synonymy by Longino 1989a:8.
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<paragraph id="576C8573265EE618484C60E39DCFE8DD" pageNumber="42">
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<taxonomicName id="308E1A3ED6B50F77A55B7E85885CB18D" LSID-HNS="urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:134396" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Azteca" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-HNS="Azteca alfari r. tuberosa Forel" order="Hymenoptera" pageNumber="42" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="alfari" subSpecies="tuberosa">Azteca alfari subsp. tuberosa Forel</taxonomicName>
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1906:240.
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<typeStatus id="D9B4962A8A60A81DA0FF60B90718113B">Syntype</typeStatus>
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workers, queen:
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(
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<collectorName id="7C8ADDB97B6D1840E4F8B4436FEF5B1D">Diaz da Rocha</collectorName>
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) [
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<collectionCode id="84A75D2100D66FAA1A021764D70D9903" collectionName="Switzerland, Geneva, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle">MHNG</collectionCode>
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<collectionCode id="07679D3011EA8B041C0DEF0B36864F69" collectionName="USA, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Harvard University, Museum of Comparative Zoology">MCZC</collectionCode>
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(examined). Synonymy by Longino 1989a:8.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="A4B8513452B89309E074A620B211E54D" type="description">
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<paragraph id="7BD7E1702D7DC85DC399A6E6D0630CBF" pageNumber="42">Queen characters. Measurements (n=11): HLA 1.60 (1.52-1.65), HW 1.34 (1.27-1.37), SL 0.81 (0.79- 0.84), CI 83 (82-85), SI 51 (49-53).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D56D493D4876D743347844E0578ADC84" pageNumber="43">
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Similar to
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<taxonomicName id="CCD002EC4913D1629FD728F63F35CC30" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfari">A. alfari</taxonomicName>
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in almost all respects; differing as follows: fourth abdominal tergum with> 10 erect setae (rarely fewer), exclusive of posterior row (<6 in
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<taxonomicName id="0967FA7605855684CC1B58E7F9D63BD4" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfari">A. alfari</taxonomicName>
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); 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 (these areas devoid of setae in
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<taxonomicName id="D931BFE985BFB56216C632FA95B2701E" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfari">A. alfari</taxonomicName>
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); scape relatively long (SI 49-54 versus 45-49 in
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<taxonomicName id="3D74729A74CE0D6C4490F6EA76CA2C0F" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfari">A. alfari</taxonomicName>
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, Fig. 6C); color usually light red brown,
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<taxonomicName id="BA881E19E39BBA9BD52BB52AAAB55129" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfari">A. alfari</taxonomicName>
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usually black.
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<paragraph id="FBCF81F27E1194420BABBD5817512F24" pageNumber="43">Worker characters. Measurements (n=5): HLA 1.16 (0.93-1.31), HW 1.02 (0.87-1.19), SL 0.71 (0.59- 0.78), CI 92 (88-94), SI 61 (60-67).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9CCD7D2693A6C7E81C8EE50405626C28" pageNumber="43">
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Similar to
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<taxonomicName id="A862966F94495923326B3FB2C810AE8C" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfari">A. alfari</taxonomicName>
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in almost all respects and not always distinguishable. In general
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<taxonomicName id="9F2C5A47E2AE8F763A422120824A7115" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovaticeps">A. ovaticeps</taxonomicName>
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is more setose, with a "scruffy" appearance on the mesosomal dorsum. There are always> 10 setae on the mesonotum, with median number about 20, and they are of irregular length. In contrast,
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<taxonomicName id="160887B31D0ADB38A87682D84B0AAABF" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfari">A. alfari</taxonomicName>
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has a cleaner look, with fewer dorsal setae. There are 2-17 setae on the mesonotum, with median number 8, and they are of relatively more even length.
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="3DBE44D13D28FA75A76325FE31873302" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="E4CDD42A30E766E3609F0A63E23C0BA5" pageNumber="43">
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Similar species.
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<taxonomicName id="C45583CACC1A55C951DB13DFEDE3F90A" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovaticeps">Azteca ovaticeps</taxonomicName>
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is distinguished from
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<taxonomicName id="2933CF1934D1D2F6DE66F6EDF3451209" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfari">A. alfari</taxonomicName>
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as described above. Workers of
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may also be confused with workers of
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<taxonomicName id="DC753FB2CC7ABEE3AC7BB56C24066A09" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="forelii">A. forelii</taxonomicName>
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. Mandibles of
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<taxonomicName id="B6DC6A02B69156B13379F83E885AFEB2" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovaticeps">A. ovaticeps</taxonomicName>
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workers are smooth and shiny; mandibles of
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<taxonomicName id="95C4F121A5B8D1EB3C3CBF7D70405E8B" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="forelii">A. forelii</taxonomicName>
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workers are roughened and dull.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="4FC1B5E1F4D8A8D95D82C44F7FA43739" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="0C8DB3A59CE67B56AE40ECBBB83FADAB" pageNumber="43">Range. Costa Rica to Amazonian Brazil and Bolivia.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="4F18C19595E4E4DD5BA8E727F3B12E8C" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph id="E3BA4E9CBA46B39F03CED50F48737E33" pageNumber="43">
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Biology. The taxonomy and biology of
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<taxonomicName id="039051248DBC4B9845F15E06DAB4F123" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovaticeps">A. ovaticeps</taxonomicName>
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is reviewed in Longino (1989a, 1991b).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3DF4E39A88613EAC3969C3FFDA16F604" pageNumber="43">
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<taxonomicName id="F91C46B2C74762C5BC39D1D2AD575A2A" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovaticeps">Azteca ovaticeps</taxonomicName>
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is an obligate
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<taxonomicName id="9AE442764370EEF9CA49BD088CCFF192" class="Magnoliopsida" family="Urticaceae" genus="Cecropia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Plantae" order="Rosales" pageNumber="43" phylum="Tracheophyta" rank="genus">Cecropia</taxonomicName>
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ant. Its biology is very similar to
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<taxonomicName id="AAAE1F10F02568B04E3953EE0CE48B75" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfari">A. alfari</taxonomicName>
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, with which it is often locally sympatric.
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<taxonomicName id="7D76AE6061B469D01CE510E759525C4F" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovaticeps">Azteca ovaticeps</taxonomicName>
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tends to be more abundant in mature forest areas, older second growth forest, and river banks in mature forest, while
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<taxonomicName id="3CFD1F51DD9388EC0C84EC0822634673" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfari">A. alfari</taxonomicName>
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becomes dominant in open and highly disturbed habitats, such as roadsides and agricultural areas.
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<taxonomicName id="5B1D93F2F4E1EC79586F03F07D02AA20" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ovaticeps">Azteca ovaticeps</taxonomicName>
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is more geographically variable than
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<taxonomicName id="C245B3580A515203C28C76EE36BBA61B" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfari">A. alfari</taxonomicName>
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and may be paraphyletic with respect to
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<taxonomicName id="5411B03F6479926B235A05615E94F1CC" 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="43" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="alfari">A. alfari</taxonomicName>
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(Longino 1989a, Ayala et al. 1996).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="870B7D70AD80EC2659A4566103D7B9E2" type="materials_examined">
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<paragraph id="349228EB01349C7FCAD9F7AF6BB12875" pageNumber="43">Material examined. See Longino (1989a).</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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