Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel

- Seifert Key Type location Virgin Is. (Cardiocondyla Emeryi n. sp., Forel, 1881: 5, worker) St Thomas, Antille - see below
subspecies
fezzanensis (Bernard, 1948: 142, queen) from Algeria - no images on Antweb (March 2015)
schatzmayri (Finzi, 1936: 170, illustrated, worker) from Egypt - see note below
junior synonyms
mahdii (Cardiocondyla emeryi For. subsp. mahdiii nov., Karavaiev, 1911: 8, worker) from Sudan, Khartoum - see bottom
mauritia (Donisthorpe, 1946c: 776, worker) from Mauritius - no images on Antweb (March 2015)
monilicornis (Emery, 1917a: 96, ergatoid male) from Virgin Is. - no images on Antweb (March 2015)
nereis (W M Wheeler, 1927i: 140, worker & queen) from Australia - no images on Antweb (March 2015)
rasalamae (Forel, 1891b: 161, worker; Forel, 1912k: 163, queen) from Madagascar - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0101860
yorubae (yoruba, Rigato, 2002) from Nigeria - new synonymy - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0901752
(see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1881) description is at . Emery (1909a: 26) gave a comprehensive illustrated description, this is at . Arnold (1916) gave a translation and illustrated description, this is at and . The small drawing is by Emery from his Myrmicinae catalogue (Emery, 1922f). Karavaiev's (1911) description of mahdii is at . Bolton's modern description (1982) is at Seifert's re-description (2003) is at

Note fezzanensis and monilicornis are not in Seifert's synonyms - he has them as "incertae sedis"; schatzmayri is moved to a junior synonym of Cardiocondyla fajumensis.

The Arnold (1916) queen can be seen at http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0901745

Described as a tramp species by Bolton (1982). Collingwood (1985) reporting it from Saudi Arabia, noted all the samples were taken from leaf litter in tree shade.

Seifert (2003) examined specimens from - Angola: Luanda, 6.5 km S, 23.viii,1949, w. Botswana: Shanobe, 23.vi.1975, w. Burundi: Barage, 23.x.1977, w. Cameroon: Mbalmayo, xi.1993, w; Nkoemvon, 1980, w. Cape Verde: Cap Verde I, 1989, gyne; Fogo: Cha des Chaldeiras, 3.xi.1979,w; San Vincente, Rib. Juilao, 1953, w. Nigeria: Gambari, 10.vi.1969, w; Ibadan, 10.1987, w. Rwanda: Barage, 1977, w. South Africa: Durban, 26.ix.1914, w; Transvaal, Nelspruit, 1980, w. Sudan: Khartoum, 1900, w; Wadi Halfa, 28.i.1962, w. Uganda: Ruwenzori, Semliki Forest, 1952, w. Tanzania: Ibaya, 1 km N, 1996, w; Lindi, 22.x.1922, w. Zimbabwe: Bembesi, 12.i.1913, worker.

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0101216 .

Oxford University Museum specimens

Cardiocondyla emeryi B Taylor det.

Egypt M Sharaf

31.vii.2003 Talka Mansurah 31°10' N 31°35' E

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Type form - head and alitrunk yellow-ochre, gaster varying to dark brown.

Drawn specimen from Nigeria (Taylor, 1979: 3) TL 1.77 mm, HL 0.44, HW 0.36, SL 0.28, PW 0.25; features as for the genus, then as in key. Colour orange and the gaster and antennal club are brown.

The photomontage is of a worker from Egypt, Talka Mansurah, collector Mostafa Sharaf.

The photomontage is of a queen from Sudan, Abu Gmein, Blue Nile; collector J Mathews (JM 115)

The photomontage of the type worker of mahdii is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0908342 .