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Species: Cardiocondyla minutior

Author: John T. Longino

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Cardiocondyla

Distribution:

Inner Seychelles: Mah�, Praslin. Endemic.

Biology:

Colectada en jardines de las casas, presente en las zonas �rida, transici�n y h�meda. Collected in flowers of Tournefortia rufo-sericea.

Notes:

first record in NZ; 2000 (Harris & Berry 2001)

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)

minutior. Cardiocondyla nuda var. minutior Forel, 1899a: 120 (w.) HAWAII. Wheeler, W.M. 1922f: 317 (q.); Heinze, 1999: 251 (polymorphic m.). Subspecies of nuda: Smith, M.R. 1944a: 38. Creighton, 1950a: 198. Junior synonym of nuda: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 55. Revived from synonymy: Heinze, 1999: 251. Senior synonym of tsukuyomi: Seifert, 2003a: 283.

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Ward, P. S., 2005:
I [introduced species]

References:

Seifert, B. 2003. 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. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B Botanik und Zoologie 104B:203-338.