• Subspecies of Cardiocondyla nuda: Forel, 1895d: 251; Emery, 1922c: 126.
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 71; Wheeler, 1922: 1021; Santschi, 1932b: 387; Bolton, 1982: 316 (redescription); Collingwood, 1985: 257; Bolton, 1995b: 133; Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 327; Rigato, 2002: 172 (in key); Seifert, 2003a: 257 (redescription); Collingwood et al., 2011: 424; Borowiec, 2014: 48.
• Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla brevispinosa Weber, 1952a: Bolton, 1982: 316; Bolton, 1995b: 133.
• Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla fusca: Bolton, 1982: 316; Bolton, 1995b: 133.
• Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla wasmanni sculptior: Bolton, 1982: 316; Bolton, 1995b: 133.
• Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla nuda shuckardoides: Seifert, 2003a: 257.
• Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla wasmanni: Bolton, 1982: 316; Bolton, 1995b: 133.

Junior synonyms

• Cardiocondyla brevispinosa Weber, 1952
• Cardiocondyla fusca Weber, 1952
• Cardiocondyla nuda shuckardoides Forel, 1895
• Cardiocondyla wasmanni Santschi, 1926
• Cardiocondyla wasmanni sculptior Santschi, 1926

Citations

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• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
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