Cardiocondyla wasmanni sculptior

Cardiocondyla wasmanni sculptior
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 wasmanni sculptior Santschi, 1926

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.

• sculptior. Cardiocondyla wasmanni var. sculptior Santschi, 1926b: 241 (w.) GABON. 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.