Cardiocondyla venustula

Cardiocondyla venustula Wheeler, 1908 valid

Cardiocondyla venustula Wheeler, 1908a: 128, pl. 11, fig. 5 (w.q.) PUERTO RICO. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2003a: 257). Primary type locality: lectotype Puerto Rico: Coamo Springs, 21.iii.1906 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depository: LACM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 12 paralectotype workers. Secondary type localities: 5 paralectotype workers with same data as lectotype, 7 paralectotype workers Puerto Rico: Culebra I., iii.1906 (W.M. Wheeler). Secondary type depositories: LACM, MCZC, SMNG. Type notes: Original description also mentions syntype queens.

Lectotype designation: Seifert, 2003a: 257.
Status as species: Wheeler & Mann, 1914: 19; Emery, 1922c: 126; Wheeler, 1936c: 199; Smith, 1937: 836; Smith, 1944a: 37 (redescription); Smith, 1944d: 15; Creighton, 1950a: 198; Smith, 1951c: 807; Kempf, 1972b: 74; Alayo, 1974: 12 (in key); MacKay, 1995: 171 (in key); Smith, 1979: 1376; Deyrup et al., 1989: 95; Bolton, 1995b: 133; Deyrup et al., 2000: 297; Deyrup, 2003: 44; Seifert, 2003a: 257 (redescription); Wetterer et al., 2016: 10; Deyrup, 2017: 57; Lubertazzi, 2019: 98.
Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla badonei: Seifert, 2003a: 257.
Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla globinodis: Seifert, 2003a: 257.

Junior synonyms

Cardiocondyla badonei Arnold, 1926
Cardiocondyla globinodis Stitz, 1923

Citations

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Deyrup, M.; Davis, L.; Cover, S. 2000. Exotic ants in Florida. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 126:293-326.
Deyrup, M.; Johnson, C.; Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1989. A preliminary list of the ants of Florida. Florida Entomologist 72:91-101. PDF
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