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Cardiocondyla nilotica
| Cardiocondyla nilotica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Cardiocondyla fajumensis) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Cardiocondyla |
| Species: | Cardiocondyla nilotica Weber, 1952 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Cardiocondyla fajumensis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- nilotica. Cardiocondyla nilotica Weber, 1952a: 8, fig. 13 (w.) SUDAN. Junior synonym of fajumensis: Seifert, 2003a: 260. See also: Bolton, 1982: 315.
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 315, see also)
- 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 260, Junior synonym of fajumensis)
- Weber, N. A. 1952a. Studies on African Myrmicinae, I (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). American Museum Novitates 1548: 1-32. (page 8, fig. 13 worker described)