Condylodon

Condylodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	uncertain
Genus:	Condylodon Lund, 1831
Type species
Condylodon audouini
Diversity
1 species (Species Checklist, Species by Country)

The taxonomomic placement of this genus is uncertain and it is currently considered incertae sedis in Formicidae.

At a Glance

• Monotypic

Nomenclature

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

• CONDYLODON [incertae sedis in Formicidae]
  • Condylodon Lund, 1831a: 131. Type-species: Condylodon audouini, by monotypy.
  • Condylodon in family Mutillidae?: Swainson & Shuckard, 1840: 173.
  • Condylodon junior synonym of Pseudomyrma: Dalla Torre, 1893: 55.
  • Condylodon in Ponerinae?: Emery, 1921f: 28 (footnote).
  • Condylodon not in Pseudomyrmecinae, dubiously Ponerinae: Ward, 1990: 471.
  • Condylodon incertae sedis in Ponerinae: Bolton, 1994: 164.
  • Condylodon unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Formicidae: Bolton, 2003: 263.

References

• Bolton, B. 1994. Identification guide to the ant genera of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 222 pp. (page 164, Condylodon incertae sedis in Ponerinae)
• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 146, Condylodon incertae sedis in Ponerinae)
• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 263, Condylodon incertae sedis in Formicidae)
• Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 55, Condylodon junior synonym of Pseudomyrma)
• Emery, C. 1921c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174A:1-94 94: 1-94 + 7 (page 28, Condylodon a member of Ponerinae? (footnote))
• Lund, A. W. 1831a. Lettre sur les habitudes de quelques fourmis du Brésil, adressée à M. Audouin. Ann. Sci. Nat. 23: 113-138 (page 131, Condylodon as genus)
• Swainson W.; Shuckard, W. E. 1840. On the history and natural arrangement of insects. London: Longman, Brown, Green & Longman's, 406 pp. (page 173, Condylodon a member of family Mutillidae?)
• Ward, P. S. 1990. The ant subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): generic revision and relationship to other formicids. Syst. Entomol. 15: 449-489 (page 471, Condylodon not member of Pseudomyrmecinae, dubiously member of Ponerinae)