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 2019)
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
- https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0102942
monilicornis (Emery, 1917a: 96, ergatoid male) from Virgin
Is. - https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0102044
nereis (W M Wheeler, 1927i: 140, worker & queen)
from Australia - no images on Antweb (March 2019)
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)  .
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 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
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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.
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 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.
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 The
photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0101216
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Oxford University Museum
specimens
Cardiocondyla emeryi
B Taylor det. |
Egypt
M Sharaf
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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.
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 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.
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Egypt, Talka Mansurah,
collector Mostafa Sharaf.
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 The
photomontage is of a queen from Sudan, Abu Gmein, Blue Nile;
collector J Mathews (JM 115)
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 The
photomontage of the type worker of mahdii is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0908342
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