Azteca velox, Forel, 1899

Christoph Germann, 2017, On the Auguste Forel ant collection in the Naturmuseum Solothurn, Switzerland: current state and illustrated type catalogue (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), Revue suisse de Zoologie 124 (2), pp. 241-254 : 248

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scientific name	Azteca velox
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A. velox Forel, 1899

( Figs 3B, 4O) 3 ☿): “ A. velox Forel ☿ Burithaka (Columbien) [=Buritaca, Colombia] [leg.] Forel”. Forel (1899) mentioned his (re-)description: “…Colombie, pied de la Sierra Nevada (Forel)” which fits well with the label’s locality, located north of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. However, A. velox is a replacement name for A. coeruleipennis var. fasciata Pergande, 1896 , based on homonymy. Hence Forel’s specimens of A. velox are not syntypes, but are included and illustrated here to avoid misinterpretations.