Cardiocondyla tsukuyomi

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Cardiocondyla tsukuyomi
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 tsukuyomi
Terayama, 1999

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.

  • tsukuyomi. Cardiocondyla tsukuyomi Terayama, 1999d: 101, figs. 11-13 (w.q.m. ergatoid m.) JAPAN. Junior synonym of minutior: Seifert, 2003a: 283.

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. (page 283, Junior synonym of minutior)
  • 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 101, figs. 11-13 worker, queen, male, ergatoid male described)