Cardiocondyla wassmanni Santschi - status revived
 - Seifert Key  Type location Cameroun
(Cardiocondyla wassmanni n.
sp., Santschi, 1926b: 241, worker), collected at Gr. Batanga, by R.P.E.
Wassman - see below
junior synonym sculptior (Cardiocondyla
wassmanni Sants. var. sculptior
n. var.,
Santschi, 1926b: 241, worker) from Gabon, Sam Kita, collector F
Faure  .
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 Santschi's
(1926b) descriptions of wassmanni
and sculptior are at  . Santschi (1932a: 388) gave an illustrated
comparison of wassmanni and sculptior, this is at  . Weber's (1952) description of fusca
is at  . Bolton's (1982) modern
description under shuckardi is at  .
The remains of a type worker and the fresh worker from Congo (shown below) are
distinctly more heavily built than the type of Cardiocondyla
shuckardi and the description given by Seifert (2003). They,
however, appear to match the description given by Bolton (1982,
illustrated, full-face view, whole body profile) WORKER - TL 2.0-2.6
mm; medium brown to blackish-brown. Other features separating it from shuckardi
are the more pronounced sculpturation on the head and alitrunk. It
seems a typical Boltonism that he gave a blanket synonym of old forms.
In this instance he wrote - " in extreme cases the dorsal alitrunk may
be almost smooth". That is exactly as displayed by the schuckardi
holotype. The wassmanii
specimens have a distinctly double domed profile to the alitrunk; the
pedicale segments have a more rectangular profile.
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The
photomontage of the partial remains of a type worker is collated from 
The
photomontage is collated from specimens from Congo,
Brazzaville; collectors Yves Braet & Eric
Zassi (pitfall t 1.1).