Cardiocondyla shuckardi sculptinodis

Cardiocondyla shuckardi sculptinodis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Cardiocondyla
Species:	C. shuckardi
Subspecies:	C. shuckardi sculptinodis
Trinomial name
Cardiocondyla shuckardi sculptinodis Santschi, 1913

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Malagasy Region: Madagascar (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

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

• sculptinodis. Cardiocondyla shuckardi st. sculptinodis Santschi, 1913c: 305 (q.) MADAGASCAR.
  • Type-material: holotype queen.
  • Type-locality: Madagascar: (no further data) (J. de Gaulle).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of nuda: Emery, 1922e: 126; Bolton, 1995b: 133.
  • Subspecies of shuckardi: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1021; Santschi, 1932a: 387; Seifert, Okita & Heinze, 2017: 353.
  • Distribution: Madagascar.

References

• Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 126, Subspecies of nuda)
• Fisher, B. L. 1997a. Biogeography and ecology of the ant fauna of Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Nat. Hist. 31: 269-302 (page 290, see also)
• Santschi, F. 1913c. Glanures de fourmis africaines. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 302-314 (page 305, queen described)
• Seifert, B., Okita, I., Heinze, J. 2017. A taxonomic revision of the Cardiocondyla nuda group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4290: 324–356 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4290.2.4).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922k. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. IX. A synonymic list of the ants of the Malagasy region. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 4 45: 1005-1055 (page 1021, Subspecies of shuckardi)