Azteca

E413213

Azteca is a genus of arboreal ants native primarily to the Neotropics, known for forming mutualistic relationships with plants such as Cecropia trees.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Azteca canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ant genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
associatedWith Cecropia obtusa ⓘ
linked to: Cecropia

Cecropia peltata ⓘ
linked to: Cecropia

Cordia nodosa ⓘ
chemicalCommunication pheromones ⓘ
class Insecta ⓘ
colonyStructure eusocial colony ⓘ
defenseMechanism alarm pheromones ⓘ
biting ⓘ
describedBy Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger ⓘ
diet honeydew ⓘ
plant exudates ⓘ
small arthropods ⓘ
ecologicalRole mutualist ⓘ
family Formicidae ⓘ
foundInBiome tropical dry forest ⓘ
tropical rainforest ⓘ
geographicDistribution Amazon Basin ⓘ
Andean foothills ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
habitat arboreal habitat ⓘ
hasBehavior aggressive plant defense ⓘ
territoriality ⓘ
hasCaste male ⓘ
queen ⓘ
worker ⓘ
hasLanguageIndependentName Azteca ⓘ
hasMutualisticRelationshipWith Cecropia ⓘ
myrmecophyte plants ⓘ
importantFor plant–insect mutualisms ⓘ
tropical forest ecology ⓘ
interactsWith hemipteran insects ⓘ
isArboreal true ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
livesIn trees ⓘ
nativeTo Central America ⓘ
Neotropics ⓘ
linked to: Neotropical realm

South America ⓘ
nestingSite domatia ⓘ
hollow plant stems ⓘ
order Hymenoptera ⓘ
phylum Arthropoda ⓘ
reproduction nuptial flights ⓘ
subfamily Dolichoderinae ⓘ
taxonRank genus ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Antz → character → Azteca ⓘ
Tapinomini → includesTaxon → Azteca ⓘ
Z → friendsWith → Azteca ⓘ