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Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler, 1929 valid

Cardiocondyla wroughtoni var. obscurior Wheeler, 1929h: 44 (w.q.) JAPAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2024b: 131) (top specimen of pin with 3 workers). Primary type locality: Japan: Okinawa island, Nago, 26.59°N, 127.98°E, 3.vi.2003-K-Nago (Yamauchi). Primary type depository: SMNG. Type notes: Original type material: 1 syntype worker, 1 syntype queen; Taiwan (“Formosa”): Eisei (F. Silvestri), deposited in MCZC.

Neotype designation: Seifert, 2024b: 131.
Junior synonym of Cardiocondyla wroughtonii: Lin & Wu, 2003: 63.
Subspecies of Cardiocondyla wroughtonii: Wheeler, 1930b: 98; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 84; Bolton, 1995b: 133.
Status as species: Seifert, 2003a: 271 (redescription); Wetterer & Vargo, 2003: 417; Wetterer & Wetterer, 2004: 215; Clouse, 2007b: 230; Terayama, 2009: 179; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 41; Ellison et al., 2012: 235; Sarnat & Economo, 2012: 74; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 208; Borowiec, 2014: 48; Ramage, 2014: 171; Bharti et al., 2016: 34; Wetterer et al., 2016: 10; Deyrup, 2017: 56; Wang et al., 2022: 69; Seifert, 2024b: 131.
Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla bicolor: Seifert, 2003a: 271; Seifert, 2024b: 131.

Junior synonyms

Cardiocondyla bicolor Donisthorpe, 1930

Obsolete combinations

Cardiocondyla wroughtonii obscurior

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