''Azteca'' is a strictly

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ant Ants are Eusociality, eusocial insects of the Family (biology), family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the Taxonomy (biology), order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from Vespoidea, vespoid wasp ancestors in the Cre ...

s in the

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Dolichoderinae Dolichoderinae is a subfamily of ants, which includes species such as the Argentine ant (''Linepithema humile''), the erratic ant, the odorous house ant, and the cone ant. The subfamily presents a great diversity of species throughout the wor ...

. The genus is very diverse and contains around 84 extant

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and two fossil species. They are essentially arboreal and many species have mutualistic associations with particular plant species, where the genus ''

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'' presents the most conspicuous association. In the Brazilian Amazonia, ''Azteca'' species are associated with species of ''

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''.

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Azteca adrepens ''Azteca adrepens'' is a species of ant in the genus ''Azteca (ant), Azteca''. Described by Auguste-Henri Forel in 1911, the species is endemic to Paraguay.Forel, A. 1911g. Die Ameisen des K. Zoologischen Museums in München. Sitzungsber. ''Math ...

'' Forel, 1911 *'' Azteca aesopus'' Forel, 1908 *'' Azteca alfari'' Emery, 1893 *†'' Azteca alpha'' Wilson, 1985 *'' Azteca andreae'' Guerrero, Delabie & Dejean, 2010 *'' Azteca angusticeps'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca aragua'' Longino, 1991 *'' Azteca aurita'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca australis'' Wheeler, 1942 *'' Azteca barbifex'' Forel, 1906 *'' Azteca beltii'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca bequaerti'' Wheeler & Bequaert, 1929 *'' Azteca brevicornis'' (Mayr, 1878) *'' Azteca brevis'' Forel, 1899 *'' Azteca chartifex'' Forel, 1896 *'' Azteca christopherseni'' Forel, 1912 *'' Azteca coeruleipennis'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca constructor'' Emery, 1896 *'' Azteca cordincola'' Forel, 1921 *'' Azteca coussapoae'' Forel, 1904 *'' Azteca crassicornis'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca delpini'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca depilis'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca diabolica'' Guerrero, Delabie & Dejean, 2010 *'' Azteca duckei'' Forel, 1906 *'' Azteca duroiae'' Forel, 1904 *'' Azteca emeryi'' Forel, 1904 *†'' Azteca eumeces'' Wilson, 1985 *'' Azteca fasciata'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca flavigaster'' Longino, 2007 *'' Azteca forelii'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca foveiceps'' Wheeler, 1921 *'' Azteca gnava'' Forel, 1906 *'' Azteca godmani'' Forel, 1899 *'' Azteca goeldii'' Forel, 1906 *'' Azteca huberi'' Forel, 1906 *'' Azteca hypophylla'' Forel, 1899 *'' Azteca iheringi'' Forel, 1915 *'' Azteca instabilis'' (Smith, 1862) *'' Azteca isthmica'' Wheeler, 1942 *'' Azteca jelskii'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca juruensis'' Forel, 1904 *'' Azteca lallemandi'' Forel, 1899 *'' Azteca lanuginosa'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca lattkei'' Longino, 1991 *'' Azteca laurae'' Guerrero, Delabie & Dejean, 2010 *'' Azteca linamariae'' Guerrero, Delabie & Dejean, 2010 *'' Azteca longiceps'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca lucida'' Forel, 1899 *'' Azteca luederwaldti'' Forel, 1909 *'' Azteca mayrii'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca merida'' Longino, 1991 *'' Azteca minor'' Forel, 1904 *'' Azteca muelleri'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca nanogyna'' Longino, 2007 *'' Azteca nigra'' Forel, 1912 *'' Azteca nigricans'' Forel, 1899 *'' Azteca oecocordia'' Longino, 2007 *'' Azteca olitrix'' Forel, 1904 *'' Azteca ovaticeps'' Forel, 1904 *'' Azteca paraensis'' Forel, 1904 *'' Azteca petalocephala'' Longino, 1991 *'' Azteca pilosula'' Forel, 1899 *'' Azteca pittieri'' Forel, 1899 *'' Azteca polymorpha'' Forel, 1899 *'' Azteca quadraticeps'' Longino, 2007 *'' Azteca salti'' Wheeler & Darlington, 1930 *'' Azteca sapii'' Forel, 1912 *'' Azteca schimperi'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca schumannii'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca sericea'' (Mayr, 1866) *'' Azteca sericeasur'' Longino, 2007 *'' Azteca severini'' Emery, 1896 *'' Azteca snellingi'' Guerrero, Delabie & Dejean, 2010 *'' Azteca stanleyuli'' Forel, 1921 *'' Azteca stigmatica'' Emery, 1896 *'' Azteca subopaca'' Forel, 1899 *'' Azteca tachigaliae'' Forel, 1904 *'' Azteca theresiae'' Forel, 1899 *'' Azteca tonduzi'' Forel, 1899 *'' Azteca trailii'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca trianguliceps'' Forel, 1912 *'' Azteca trigona'' Emery, 1893 *'' Azteca ulei'' Forel, 1904 *'' Azteca velox'' Forel, 1899 *'' Azteca xanthochroa'' (Roger, 1863)

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* Ant genera Dolichoderinae Hymenoptera of South America Hymenoptera of North America Taxa named by Auguste Forel {{Dolichoderinae-stub