Cardiocondyla yamauchii

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Cardiocondyla yamauchii
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cardiocondyla wroughtonii)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Cardiocondyla
Species: Cardiocondyla yamauchii
Terayama, 1999

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cardiocondyla wroughtonii.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • yamauchii. Cardiocondyla yamauchii Terayama, 1999d: 104, figs. 14-19 (w.q.m. ergatoid m.) JAPAN. Junior synonym of wroughtonii: Seifert, 2003a: 269.

References

  • Seifert, B. 2003a. The ant genus Cardiocondyla (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - a taxonomic revision of the C. elegans, C. bulgarica, C. batesii, C. nuda, C. shuckardi, C. stambuloffii, C. wroughtonii, C. emeryi, and C. minutior species groups. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 104: 203-338. (page 269, Junior synonym of wroughtonii)
  • Terayama, M. 1999d. Taxonomic studies of the Japanese Formicidae, Part 6. Genus Cardiocondyla Emery. Memoirs of the Myrmecological Society of Japan 1: 99-107 (page 104, figs. 14-19 worker, queen, male, ergatoid male described)