''Azteca chartifex'' is a species of
ant
Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cretaceous period. More than 13,800 of an estimated total of 22,0 ...
in the genus ''
Azteca''. Described by Forel in 1896, the species is endemic to various countries in
North America and
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the souther ...
.
[Forel, A. 1896. Untitled. ''Azteca chartifex'' For. n. sp P. 4 in: Emery, C. Alcune forme nuove del genere ''Azteca'' Forel e note biologiche. ''Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. R. Univ.'' Torino 11(230):1-7]
References
Azteca (genus)
Hymenoptera of North America
Hymenoptera of South America
Insects described in 1896
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