Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel

Iran list Type location Bulgaria (Cardiocondyla stambuloffii sp. n. Forel, 1892i: 310, illustrated, worker, queen, ergatoid male) Burgas; type images see below
junior synonyms
bogdanovi (Ruzsky, 1905b: 630, illustrated, worker & queen) type location Caucasus - no images on Antweb (April 2016)
montandoni (Santschi, 1912g: 657, illustrated, worker) type location Romania - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0912880
taurica (Cardiocondyla stambuloffii subsp taurica, Karavaiev, 1927a: 288, illustrated,  worker) type location Ukraine - no images on Antweb (April 2016)

Forel's (1892i) description is at - . Seifert's (2003) description is at - .

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901756.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Cardiocondyla stambuloffii B Taylor det.	Iran F Borjali 21	28.iv.2014 37°1676 N 49°5608 E 9 m	Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh hand collected city, on plant, 1020h	1
Cardiocondyla stambuloffii B Taylor det.	Iran F Borjali 22	1.v.2014 36°7000 N 50°30008 E -10 m	Rodsar hand collected forest, on soil, 1130h	1

The photomontage is of a worker from Iran, Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh; collected by F Borjali (21).

The photomontage is of a worker from Iran, Rodsar; collected by F Borjali (22).