''Azteca bequaerti'' 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 ...
in the genus ''
Azteca''. Described by Wheeler & Bequaert in 1929, the species is endemic to
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
and
Peru
, image_flag = Flag of Peru.svg
, image_coat = Escudo nacional del PerĂº.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
, other_symbol_type = Seal (emblem), National seal
, national_motto = "Fi ...
.
[Wheeler, W. M.; Bequaert, J. C. 1929. Amazonian myrmecophytes and their ants. ''Zool. Anz.'' 82: 10-39]
References
Azteca (genus)
Hymenoptera of North America
Hymenoptera of South America
Insects described in 1929
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