Azteca lanuginosa Emery ^HNS 1893

Azteca lanuginosa Emery ^HNS 1893:341. Holotype worker: Brazil, S. Catharina (Schmalz) [MCSN] (examined). Description of queen, male: Forel 1908b:389.

Queen characters. Measurements (n=1): HLA 1.30, HW 0.96, SL 0.90, CI 74, SI 69.

Similar to the queen of A. schimperi ^HNS, but smaller and much more pilose throughout; setae more dense on legs and scapes, abundant on mesosomal dorsum, petiolar node, and gaster.

Worker characters. Measurements (n=2): HLA 1.25 (1.15-1.35), HW 1.24 (1.14-1.34), SL 0.89 (0.82- 0.95), CI 99 (99-99), SI 71 (70-71).

Head shape, mandible shape and sculpture, and pilosity very like A. schimperi ^HNS, but pubescence thicker, woolier; color uniformly brown.

Range. Southern Brazil.

Biology. The Ehrhardt series described by Forel (1908b) was from a carton nest on a Cecropia tree.

Additional material examined. BRAZIL: Santa Catarina: dist. Jaragua, Itapocu river basin , 11 Dec 1907 (Ehrhardt) - queens, males, workers [MHNG] ; Sao Paulo: Ypiranga, E. S. Paulo, "Museu 1906, N. 2394 " - worker [MHNG] ; " S. Paulo " (von Ihering) - workers [MHNG] .