Cardiocondylini

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Cardiocondylini
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogastrini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Cardiocondylini
Emery, 1914
Type genus
Cardiocondyla

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

Nomenclature

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

  • CARDIOCONDYLINI [junior synonym of Crematogastrini]
    • Cardiocondylini Emery, 1914a: 36 (diagnosis in key). Type-genus: Cardiocondyla Emery, 1869b: 20.

Taxonomic History

  • Cardiocondylini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Emery, 1914a: 36; Arnold, 1916: 200; Forel, 1917: 242; Emery, 1922e: 123; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 659; Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1985: 257; Dlussky & Fedoseeva, 1988: 80; Jaffe, 1993: 10.
  • Cardiocondylini as junior synonym of Leptothoracini: Bolton, 1982: 311 (in text); of Formicoxenini: Bolton, 1994: 105.
  • Cardiocondylini as junior synonym of Crematogastrini: Ward, et al. 2015: 77.

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