Cardiocondyla wroughtonii quadraticeps

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Cardiocondyla wroughtonii quadraticeps
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cardiocondyla wroughtonii)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Cardiocondyla
Species: Cardiocondyla wroughtonii quadraticeps
Forel, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

  • quadraticeps. Cardiocondyla wroughtonii subsp. quadraticeps Forel, 1912n: 57 (w.) SINGAPORE. Viehmeyer, 1916a: 122 (q.). Junior synonym of wroughtonii: Seifert, 2003a: 269.

References

  • Forel, A. 1912o. Einige neue und interessante Ameisenformen aus Sumatra etc. Zool. Jahrb. Suppl. 15("Erster Ba Band: 51-78 (page 57, worker described)
  • 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 269, Junior synonym of wroughtonii)
  • Viehmeyer, H. 1916a [1915]. Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Arch. Naturgesch. (A) 81(8): 108-168 (page 122, queen described)