Cardiocondyla breviscapa

Cardiocondyla breviscapa
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 breviscapa Seifert, 2003 Specimen Labels

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.

• breviscapa. Cardiocondyla breviscapus Seifert, 2003a: 288, fig. 64 (w.) INDIA (Tamil Nadu).
  • Type-material: 3 syntype workers.
  • Type-locality: India: Coimbatore, 25.ix.1979 (J. Noyes).
  • Type-depository: BMNH.
  • Status as species: Bharti, Guénard, et al. 2016: 33; Sharaf, Fisher, et al. 2018: 18.
  • Junior synonym of minutior: Seifert, 2022: 29.

References

• 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. B, Botanik, Zoologie 104: 203-338.
• Seifert, B. 2022. The ant genus Cardiocondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): The species groups with Oriental and Australasian origin. Diversity 15, 25 (doi:10.3390/d15010025).