<ref name="Seifert_2003">{{cite journal |first1=B. |last1=Seifert |year=2003 |title=The ant genus ''Cardiocondyla'' (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - a taxonomic revision of the ''C. elegans'', ''C. bulgarica'', ''C. batesii'', ''C. nuda'', ''C. shuckardi'', ''C. stambuloffii'', ''C. wroughtonii'', ''C. emeryi'', and ''C. minutior'' species groups |url=https://antcat.org/documents/4036/21102.pdf |journal=Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. B, Botanik, Zoologie |publisher= |volume=104 |issue= |pages=203–338 |doi= }}</ref>