Cardiocondyla breviscapa

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Cardiocondyla breviscapa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cardiocondyla minutior)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Cardiocondyla
Species: Cardiocondyla breviscapa
Seifert, 2003

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Specimen Labels

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

Nomenclature

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

  • breviscapa. Cardiocondyla breviscapus Seifert, 2003a: 288, fig. 64 (w.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu).
    • Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
    • Type-locality: India: Coimbatore, 25.ix.1979 (J. Noyes).
    • Type-depository: BMNH.
    • Status as species: Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 33; Sharaf, Fisher, et al. 2018: 18.
    • Junior synonym of minutior: Seifert, 2022: 29.

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