Cardiocondyla obscurior Wheeler

Seifert Key Type location Taiwan (Cardiocondyla wroughtonii var obscurior var. nov. Wheeler, 1929g: 44, worker & queen; raised to species, Seifert, 2003: 271) Elsei - no images on Antweb (March 2015)
junior synonym bicolor (Cardiocondyla bicolor sp. n., Donisthorpe, 1930b: 366, worker; synonymy Seifert, 2003) from Israel, 1930, Drs Scheinkin & J Carmin - see below .

Wheeler's (1929g) description is at . Donisthorpe's (1930b) description of bicolor is at . Seifert's modern description (2003) is at and

The photomontage of the holotype worker of bicolor is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901754.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Cardiocondyla obscurior B Taylor det.	Egypt M Sharaf	27.viii.2003 Taifa 31°21' N 30°56' E	Kafr Sheik	2
Cardiocondyla obscurior B Taylor det.	Egypt M Sharaf	7.viii.2007 Sallant Mansurah 31°10' N 30°35' E		1
Cardiocondyla obscurior B Taylor det.	Egypt M Sharaf	31.vii.2003 Talka Mansurah 31°10' N 30°35' E		1

The photomontage is of workers from Egypt, Taifa, Kafr Sheik; collector Mostafa Sharaf.

Seifert (2003) reported investigating a worker specimen from Kaijado, x.1999, Kenya; no collector was given. The Antweb photograph shown under C. wroughtonii seems likely to be from the same collection and clearly is not obscurior. is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0102969.