Cardiocondyla zoserka

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Cardiocondyla zoserka Bolton, 1982 valid

Cardiocondyla zoserka Bolton, 1982: 318 (m.) NIGERIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype male. Primary type locality: Nigeria: nr Abuja, Gurara Falls, 20.iii.1972 (E. Classey). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901750. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 3 paratype males. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, NHMB. Type notes: Type-specimens are alate males, not queens (Heinze, 2019: 4).

Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 133; Heinze, 2019: 4.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1982. Afrotropical species of the myrmicine ant genera Cardiocondyla, Leptothorax, Melissotarsus, Messor and Cataulacus (Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 45:307-370. PDF
Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Heinze, J. 2019. Emeryia, Xenometra, zoserka: It’s a boy, again! The misleading morphology of Cardiocondyla male ants. Insectes Sociaux 00:8 pp. 10.1007/s00040-019-00737-5 PDF

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