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Species: Cardiocondyla emeryi

Author: John T. Longino

Taxonomic Hierarchy:

Subfamily: Myrmicinae Genus: Cardiocondyla

Distribution:

Inner Seychelles: Mahé, Anonyme, Conception, Thérèse, Silhouette, North, Cousin, Curieuse, Albatross, Félicité, Grande Soeur, Marianne, Petite Soeur, Bird, Denis ? Aldabra Group: Aldabra. Known from the southern Palearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Nearctic and Neotropical Regions. In the Malagasy Subregion recorded from Madagascar, Mauritius and Agalega.

Biology:

Frecuente en la zona de transición, bosque de Scalesia y áreas disturbadas.

Notes:

Caste of types: (m)

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2010)

emeryi. Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881: 5 (w.) VIRGIN IS. André, 1881b: 69 (m.); Forel, 1904f: 422 (q.); Emery, 1909a: 26 (m. ergatoid m., not q.); Arnold, 1916: 201 (q.). Senior synonym of nereis: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 53; of monilicornis: Baroni Urbani, 1973: 200; of mahdii, mauritia, rasalamae: Bolton, 1982: 312. See also: Smith, M.R. 1944a: 33; Kugler, J. 1984: 3; Seifert, 2003a: 276. Current subspecies: nominal plus fezzanensis.

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Forel, A., 1912:
[[ male ]], aile. Correspond bien a la description d'Andre, mais les taches foncees de la tete et du thorax sont a peine brunatres.
Seychelles: Mahe, Anonyme Island.
Le [[ male ]] de Madere recolte par M. Schmitz dans le temps est au contraire entierement d'un brun noiratre; du reste identique.
[[ queen ]]. L. 2 mill. D'un brun roussatre ou d'un roux brunatre plus fonce que chez l'ouvriere. Ailes hyalines. Pattes d'un testace clair. Tete, thorax et pedicule bien plus mats et plus fortement sculptes que chez l'ouvriere; n oe uds plus larges. Correspond du reste bien a l'ouvriere de Madagascar.
Seychelles: Silhouette, 1500 pieds; Mahe, 1000 pieds. Peut-etre est-ce simplement une variete foncee de Y emeryi et pas la vraie rasalamae .
Seychelles: Mahe et Silhouette, 1000 a 2000 pieds.

Emery, C., 1894:
Les exemplaires des Sechelles sont intermediaires pour la couleur entre le type de l'espece et la variete Rasoherinae Forel, de Madagascar.

Espadaler, X., 2007:
(*) (37, w; 41, w). This widespread tramp species was detected only at two seaside small towns, on poorly attended gardens.

Wheeler, W. M., 1922:
A single worker taken at Thysville by Bequaert. This minute ant is very widely distributed through the tropics of both hemispheres. It was originally described from the island of St. Thomas in the West Indies, but was later recorded from Syria, Madeira, Madagascar, and the East Indies. Arnold records it from South Africa and my collection contains specimens from the Bahamas, Cuba, Porto Rico, Jamaica, Bermuda, Tepic in Western Mexico, and Miami, Florida. According to Arnold it "is usually found nesting in grassy soil; the entrance to the nest is a minute hole, not surrounded by earth or other substances."

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.