Cardiocondyla brevispinosa

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.

References

• Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmecine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology, 46: 307-370. (page 316, Junior synonym of shuckardi)

• Donisthorpe, H. 1948d. A third instalment of the Ross Collection of ants from New Guinea. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 11(14): 589-604 (page 593, worker described)
• Smith, M. R. 1955e. The correct taxonomic status of Pheidole (Pheidolacanthinus) brevispinosa Donisthorpe (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 57: 305 (page 305, Junior synonym of paradoxa)
• Weber, N. A. 1952a. Studies on African Myrmicinae, I (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1548: 1-32. (page 6, worker described)