TY  - JOUR
AU  - Guerrero, R.J.
AU  - Delabie, J.H.C.
AU  - Dejean, A.
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Taxonomic Contribution to the aurita Group of the Ant Genus Azteca (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae)
T2  - J. Hymenopt. Res.
JO  - Journal of Hymenoptera Research
SP  - 51
EP  - 65
VL  - 19
IS  - 1
PB  - INT SOC HYMENOPTERISTS
N2  - We describe five new species in the aurita group of the genus Azteca: Azteca andreae sp. n. (French Guiana), Azteca diabolica sp. n. (Panama), Azteca laurae sp. n. (Brazil), Azteca linamariae sp. n. (Brazil and Colombia) and Azteca snellingi sp. n. (Panama). Four of these new species are based on gynes, while the last is based only on the worker caste. All of them bear the aurita group characteristics. The second taxon is remarkable, as it differs from all of the other members of the group in the exaggerated, horn-like extensions of the posterolateral vertex margins. Azteca snellingi sp. n. is named in honor of our colleague, Roy Snelling, in tribute to his life-long contribution to knowledge of the world of Hymenoptera. A key to all known species of the aurita group, based on gynes, is provided. We report also for the first time an intercast case for the genus Azteca, based on an Azteca schimperi specimen.
SN  - 1070-9428
N1  - ISI:000285775800005
ID  - Guerrero_etal2010
ER  -