Cardiocondyla bicoronata

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

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

Nomenclature

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

• bicoronata. Cardiocondyla bicoronata Seifert, 2003a: 242, figs. 21, 22 (w.q.) JORDAN.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, 5 paratype workers, 6 paratype queens.
  • Type-locality: holotype Jordan: Shaumari Wildlife Reserve, 31.47°N, 36.42°E, 21.iii.1996, no. 5 (C.O. Dietrich); paratypes: 2 workers, 1 queen with same data, 3 workers, 5 queens with same data but no. 6.
  • Type-depositories: SMNG (holotype); NHMW, SMNG (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Collingwood, et al. 2011: 421; Borowiec, L. 2014: 45; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2020: 4; Sharaf, Salman & Aldawood, 2023: 198.
  • Junior synonym of nigra: Seifert, 2023a: 46.

References

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Borowiec, L., Salata, S. 2020. Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Jordan. Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 29 (online 2): 1-26 (doi:10.5281/zenodo.3733156).
• Collingwood, C.A., Agosti, D., Sharaf, M.R., van Harten, A. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474.
• Seifert, B. 2003. 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. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B Botanik und Zoologie. 104:203-338. (page 242, figs. 21, 22 worker, queen described)
• Seifert, B. 2023. A revision of the Palaearctic species of the ant genus Cardiocondyla Emery 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 5274(1), 1–64 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5274.1.1).