Cardiocondyla bicoronata

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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

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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.

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