• Finzi, 1936: 166 (w.); Seifert, 2023b: 38 (w.)
• Subspecies of Cardiocondyla elegans: Emery, 1922c: 125; Finzi, 1936: 166; Menozzi, 1933b: 93.
• Junior synonym of Cardiocondyla bogdanovi: Radchenko, 1995g: 450
• Status as species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 56; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 276 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 133; Gallé et al., 1998: 215; Seifert, 2003a: 235 (redescription); Petrov, 2006: 99 (in key); Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 138; Paknia et al., 2008: 153; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2010: 41; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 17; Borowiec, 2014: 48; Bračko, 2019: 170; Seifert, 2023b: 38 (diagnosis).

Obsolete combinations

• Cardiocondyla elegans sahlbergi

Citations

• Agosti, D.; Collingwood, C. A. 1987a. A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) and a key to the worker caste. I. Synonymic list. Mitteilungen der Schweizerischen Entomologischen Gesellschaft 60:51-62. PDF
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