Azteca is a strictly
Neotropicalgenus of
ants in the
subfamilyDolichoderinae.[2] The genus is very diverse and contains around 84 extant
species and two fossil species. They are essentially arboreal and many species have
mutualistic associations with particular plant species, where the genus Cecropia presents the most conspicuous association.[3] In the Brazilian Amazonia, Azteca species are associated with species of Codonanthopsis.[4]
^Marini-Filho, Onildo J. (1999). "Distribution, composition, and dispersal of ant gardens and tending ants in three kinds of central Amazonian habitats". Tropical Zoology. 12 (2): 289–296.
Bibcode:
1999TrZoo..12..289M.
doi:10.1080/03946975.1999.10539395.
Azteca is a strictly
Neotropicalgenus of
ants in the
subfamilyDolichoderinae.[2] The genus is very diverse and contains around 84 extant
species and two fossil species. They are essentially arboreal and many species have
mutualistic associations with particular plant species, where the genus Cecropia presents the most conspicuous association.[3] In the Brazilian Amazonia, Azteca species are associated with species of Codonanthopsis.[4]
^Marini-Filho, Onildo J. (1999). "Distribution, composition, and dispersal of ant gardens and tending ants in three kinds of central Amazonian habitats". Tropical Zoology. 12 (2): 289–296.
Bibcode:
1999TrZoo..12..289M.
doi:10.1080/03946975.1999.10539395.