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Species: Cardiocondyla shuckardi

Name Status: Valid Name

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Cardiocondyla

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891c PDF: 161 (w.) MADAGASCAR. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Subspecies of Cardiocondyla nuda: Forel, 1895d PDF: 251.

Revived status as species: Wheeler, 1922: 1021.

Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla brevispinosa, Cardiocondyla fusca, Cardiocondyla sculptior, Cardiocondyla wassmanni: Bolton, 1982: 316; of Cardiocondyla shuckardoides: Seifert, 2003A PDF: 257.

Distribution:

Reference for Kenya if not type: Kakamega Forest

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Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 8 times found in urban/garden, 6 times found in grassland, 3 times found in montane rainforest, 4 times found in rainforest, 1 times found in Savannah grassland, 2 times found in dry wash, 2 times found in tropical forest, 2 times found in in dry forest, 2 times found in spiny forest/thicket, 1 times found in eucalyptus plantation, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 21 times malaise trap, 1 times MW 20 sample transect, 10m, 2 times EH19 Malaise trap, 1 times ER28 Malaise trap, 1 times MW 50 sample transect, 5m, 1 times pitfall trap, 1 times pitfall trap, PF 50 cup sample transect, 5m, 1 times pitfall trap, PF 50 tube sample transect, 5m

Elevations: collected from 30 - 1984 meters, 1023 meters average