• Lectotype designation: Seifert, 2003a: 225.
• Menozzi, 1918: 83 (em.); Kugler, 1984: 14 (em.)
• Status as species: Mayr, 1877a: 18; Emery, 1878: 50; Emery & Forel, 1879: 456; Mayr, 1880: 37; Forel, 1881: 7; André, 1881c: 69; André, 1883a: 328 (in key); Emery, 1889b: 441; Mayr, 1889: 280; Nasonov, 1889: 38; Dalla Torre, 1893: 70; Ruzsky, 1902d: 25; Ruzsky, 1905b: 624; Emery, 1909a: 21; Karavaiev, 1911a: 56; Emery, 1916a: 153; Menozzi, 1918: 83; Bondroit, 1918: 147; Emery, 1922c: 125; Karavaiev, 1934: 114; Grandi, 1935: 100; Finzi, 1936: 166; Finzi, 1939b: 88; Donisthorpe, 1950e: 1060; Consani & Zangheri, 1952: 40; Bernard, 1956c: 301 (in key); Ceballos, 1956: 308; Bernard, 1967a: 157 (redescription); Pisarski, 1967a: 388; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 75; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 68; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 76; Tarbinsky, 1976: 73; Hamann & Klemm, 1976: 673; Aktaç, 1977: 121; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 538 (in key); Collingwood, 1978: 86 (in key); Kugler, 1984: 14; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 56; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 276 (in key); Kugler, 1988: 258; Dlussky et al., 1990: 194; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 172; Collingwood, 1993b: 194; Arakelian, 1994: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 132; Poldi et al., 1995: 4; Radchenko, 1995g: 449; Espadaler, 1997g: 29; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 16 (in key); Collingwood & Heatwole, 2002: 7; Rigato, 2002: 173 (in key); Seifert, 2003a: 225 (redescription); Petrov, 2006: 99 (in key); Bračko, 2007: 17; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 138; Paknia et al., 2008: 153; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 487; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 41; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 26; Csősz et al., 2011: 57; Karaman, 2011b: 21; Legakis, 2011: 16; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 484; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 40; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 17; Borowiec, 2014: 46; Bračko et al., 2014: 13; Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014: 135; Lebas et al., 2016: 266; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 44; Seifert, 2018: 186; Arcos et al., 2022: 11; Seifert, 2023b: 28 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla gallica: Baroni Urbani, 1973a: 200; Kugler, 1984: 14; Bolton, 1995b: 132; Radchenko, 1995g: 449; Seifert, 2003a: 225; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 487; Seifert, 2023b: 28.
• Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla provincialis: Radchenko, 1995g: 449; Seifert, 2003a: 225; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 487; Seifert, 2023b: 28.
• Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla elegans santschii: Bondroit, 1918: 147; Emery, 1922c: 125; Bolton, 1995b: 132; Radchenko, 1995g: 449; Seifert, 2003a: 225; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 487; Legakis, 2011: 16; Seifert, 2023b: 28.

Junior synonyms

• Cardiocondyla elegans santschii Forel, 1905
• Cardiocondyla gallica (Bernard, 1957)
  Obsolete combination(s): Xenometra gallica
• Cardiocondyla provincialis Bernard, 1956

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