Azteca lanuginosa Emery 1893 Azteca lanuginosa Emery 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, 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, 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. Jaraguá, Itapocú 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].

Published as part of Longino, J. T., 2007, A taxonomic review of the genus Azteca (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Costa Rica and a global revision of the aurita group., pp. 1-63 in Zootaxa 1491 on pages 56-57