Cardiocondyla ectopia

Cardiocondyla ectopia
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cardiocondyla mauritanica)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Cardiocondyla
Species:	Cardiocondyla ectopia Snelling, R.R., 1974

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

Nomenclature

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

• ectopia. Cardiocondyla ectopia Snelling, R.R. 1974: 76, figs. 1-5 (w.q. ergatoid m.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of mauritanica: Seifert, 2003a: 248.

References

• Creighton, W. S.; Snelling, R. R. 1974. Notes on the behavior of three species of Cardiocondyla in the United States (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 82:82-92.

• 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 248, Junior synonym of mauritanica)

• Snelling, R. R. 1974. Studies on California ants. 8. A new species of Cardiocondyla (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 82: 76-81 (page 76, figs. 1-5 worker, queen, ergatoid male described)