Cardiocondyla wassmanni

Cardiocondyla wassmanni
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 wassmanni 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.

• wassmanni. Cardiocondyla wassmanni Santschi, 1926b: 241 (w.) CAMEROUN. 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)
• Mbenoun Masse, P.S., Ebolo, G.L.M., Titti, G.E., Mony, R. (2021) Ant species richness, abundance and functional groups along an elevation gradient in Central Cameroon Biodiversity Journal, 2021, 12 1.: 179–194. Biodiversity Journal 12, 179–194 (doi:10.31396/biodiv.jour.2021.12.1.179.194).
• Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 241, worker described)