Azteca alfari

Azteca alfari
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Azteca
Species:
A. alfari
Binomial name
Azteca alfari
Emery, 1893
Synonyms
List
    • Azteca alfari argentina Forel, 1914
    • Azteca alfari cecropiae Forel, 1906
    • Azteca alfari curtiscapa Forel, 1912
    • Azteca alfari langi Wheeler, W.M., 1942
    • Azteca alfari mixta Forel, 1908
    • Azteca alfaroi fumaticeps Forel, 1909
    • Azteca alfaroi lucidula Forel, 1899
    • Azteca bicolor Emery, 1893
    • Azteca championi breviscapa Forel, 1912
    • Azteca lynchi Brèthes, 1914
    • Azteca virens Forel, 1899

Azteca alfari is a species of ant in the genus Azteca. Described by Carlo Emery in 1893, the species is widespread in Mexico, Central and South America. This ant has a mutualistic relationship with a Cecropia tree. The specific name alfari honours a Costa Rican zoologist Anastasio Alfaro.

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