Cardiocondyla bicolor

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Cardiocondyla bicolor
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cardiocondyla obscurior)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Cardiocondyla
Species: Cardiocondyla bicolor
Donisthorpe, 1930

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

Nomenclature

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

  • bicolor. Cardiocondyla bicolor Donisthorpe, 1930b: 366 (w.) ISRAEL. Junior synonym of wroughtonii: Kugler, J. 1984: 6; of obscurior: Seifert, 2003a: 271.

References

  • Donisthorpe, H. 1930f. Cardiocondyla bicolor, sp. n. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), a species of myrmecine ant new to science. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 10(6): 366 (page 366, worker described)
  • Kugler, J. 1984 [1983]. The males of Cardiocondyla Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of the winged male of Cardiocondyla wroughtoni (Forel). Isr. J. Entomol. 17: 1-21 (page 6, Junior synonym of wroughtonii)
  • 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. (page 271, Junior synonym of obscurior)