Azteca alpha

Operarius cum Formicodiplogastro myrmenema parvo

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Animalia — Arthropoda

Classis : Insecta 
Ordo : Hymenoptera 
Familia : Formicidae 
Subfamilia : Dolichoderinae 
Tribus : Leptomyrmecini 
Genus : Azteca 
Species : † Azteca alpha 
Eduardus O. Wilson, 1985

   

Palaeontologia

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Despectus in dorsum.

Azteca alpha est exstincta formicarum subfamiliae Dolichoderinarum species, in fossilibus fortasse miocaenis in Hispaniola inventis. Quae est una e duabus speciebus generis Aztecae a fossilibus descriptae, ambabus in electro Dominicano inventis. Hospes est cuiusdam nematodi fossilis, et cum coccoideis conservata est.

Bibliographia

• AntWeb. 2013. "Genus: Azteca." AntWeb, accessum 21 Septembris 2013. Editio interretialis.
• Johnson, C., D. Agosti, J. H. Delabie, K. Dumpert, D.J. Williams, M. Von Tschirnhaus, et M. Maschwitz. 2001. "Acropyga and Azteca Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with scale Insects (Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea): 20 Million Years of Intimate Symbiosis." American Museum Novitates 3335: 1–18. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2001)335<0001:AAAAHF>2.0.CO;2. PDF.
• Poinar, G. O. 2011. "The Evolutionary History of Nematodes: As Revealed in Stone, Amber and Mummies." Nematology monographs and perspectives pages 9: 91–93, 239–240, 324–325.
• Poinar, G. O. 2012. "Nematode Parasites and Associates of Ants: Past and Present." Psyche 2012: 1–13. doi:10.1155/2012/192017.
• Poinar, G. O., et E. Heiss. 2011. "New Termitaphididae and Aradidae (Hemiptera) in Mexican and Dominican amber." Palaeodiversity 4: 51–62. PDF.
• Wilson, Edward O. 1985. "Ants of the Dominican amber (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). 3. The subfamily Dolichoderinae." Psyche 92: 17–37. doi:10.1155/1985/20969.