Cardiocondyla brevispinosa

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Cardiocondyla brevispinosa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cardiocondyla shuckardi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Cardiocondyla
Species: Cardiocondyla brevispinosa
Weber, 1952

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

Nomenclature

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

  • brevispinosa. Cardiocondyla brevispinosa Weber, 1952a: 6 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of Pheidole brevispinosa Donisthorpe, above.] Junior synonym of shuckardi: Bolton, 1982: 316.

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