''Azteca angusticeps'' 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

Carlo Emery Carlo Emery (25 October 1848, Naples – 11 May 1925) was an Italian entomologist. He is remembered for Emery's rule, which states that insect social parasites are often closely related to their hosts. Early in his career Carlo Emery pursued ...

in 1893, the species is widespread 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 ...

.Emery, C. 1893. Studio monografico sul genere ''Azteca'' Forel. ''Mem. R. Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna'' (5)3:119-152

References

Azteca (genus) Hymenoptera of North America Hymenoptera of South America Insects described in 1893 {{Dolichoderinae-stub