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SUBFAMILY MYRMICINAE - Genus Cardiocondyla
 Cardiocondyla wroughtonii Forel

Cardiocondyla wroughtonii Forel

return to key - Seifert Key return to key  Type location India (Emeryia Wroughtonii n. sp., Forel, 1890b: cxi, ergatoid male; Forel, 1903a: 689, worker & queen) Poona - see below
junior synonyms (all Seifert, 2003: 269)
bicolor (Donisthorpe, 1930b: 366, worker) from Taiwan - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0901754
bimaculata (W M Wheeler, 1929g: 434, worker & queen) from Taiwan - no images on Antweb (March 2019)
chlorotica (Cardiocondyla emeryi For. ssp. chlorotica n. ssp., Menozzi, 1930b: 84, worker & queen) from Somalia, Villagio Duca degli Abruzzi, x. 1936 - no images on Antweb (March 2019)
hawaiensis (Forel, 1899a: 119, worker) from Hawaii - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0908351
quadraticeps (Forel, 1912n: 57, worker) from Singapore - specimen lost see - http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0908352
(Bolton, 1982) .


{Cardiocondyla wroughtonii}Forel's (1890b) description is at {original description}. Menozzi's (1930b) description of chlorotica is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1982) is at {original description}.


{Cardiocondyla wroughtonii}Seifert's modern description (2003) is at {original description} and {original description}

Egypt record - Mohamed et al (2001); this identification appears questionable, although it is a tramp species and Bolton (1982: 317) included records from Tanzania and Somalia. Probably the Mohamed identification was erroneous with the specimens being

. Sharat list - Material examined: Sallant (Daqahliya, Egypt), 28.v.1998 (4) Leg. M.R. Sharaf. (ASUC)


{Cardiocondyla wroughtonii} The photomontage of a cotype is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0102969&shot=p1&project=

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