Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel
 - Seifert Key  Iran list
 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
- see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0103302
monilicornis (Emery, 1917a: 96, ergatoid male) from Virgin
Is. - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0102044
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 bottom
(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 the bottom of
this page - sexuals.
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Described
as a tramp species by Bolton (1982). Wheeler (1922) noted records from Zaïre .
From Nigeria, specimens in the CRIN collection had been found
in soil at CRIN (B. Bolton). Also collected at Bussa (J.T. Medler).
Bolton (1982) listed Ghana collections at Polcoase (W.
Bellfield) and Kibi (D. Leston). Collected by Room (1971) from open
ground at the Mamfe-Mampong cocoa farm in Ghana.
In Cameroun collected at Nko'emvon (D.A. Jackson).
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.
Seifert wrote of "different colour variants" and two
sets of examples are shown below.
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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. |
Senegal
Lamine Diamé
42
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13.iv.2012
Thiés
14°58'N
17°00'W
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Noto
V33B
pitfall 5
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1
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Cardiocondyla emeryi
B Taylor det. |
Senegal
Lamine Diamé
43
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08.iv.2012
Thiés
14°45'N
17°03'W
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Sigelec
V50
pitfall 7
sp 1
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1
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Cardiocondyla emeryi
B Taylor det.
Queen
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Mali
Z Yefremova & V Kravchenko
95486
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xii.2010
Dogon
14°21' N
03°37' W
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Bandiagara
malaise trap
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1
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Cardiocondyla emeryi
B Taylor det. |
Ghana
S Sky Stephens
06G0031
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2006
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In personal
collection of S Sky Stephens
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1
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Cardiocondyla emeryi
B Taylor det. |
Ghana
S Sky Stephens
06G0055 |
2006
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In personal
collection of S Sky Stephens |
1
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Cardiocondyla emeryi
B Taylor det. |
Benin
J-F Vayssieres
RVA 3014.2
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9.xi.2012
Korobourou
09°22'13'' N
02°40'16'' E
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Mangifera indica orchard
Quadrat 1, série 1, variété Gouverneur; ground nesting
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3
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Cardiocondyla emeryi
B Taylor det. |
Cameroon
Francis Feugang
3C4
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26.viii.2009
Yaoundé
03°52' N
11°31" E
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sur le cadavre de
rat, capture par le fillet |
1
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Cardiocondyla emeryi
B Taylor det. |
Cameroon
Francis Feugang
3D7
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26.viii.2009
Yaoundé
03°52' N
11°31" E
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sur le cadavre de
rat, capture par le fillet
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2
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Cardiocondyla emeryi
B Taylor det. |
Congo
Y Braet
t-1-1
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19.viii.2007
Brazzaville
4°15'33" S
15°17'5" E
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24h pitfall trap;
forest around the GERDIB laboratories; 317 m asl
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1
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Cardiocondyla emeryi
B Taylor det. |
Congo
Y Braet
t-1-2
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19.viii.2007
Brazzaville
4°15'33" S
15°17'5" E
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24h pitfall trap;
forest around the GERDIB laboratories; 317 m asl
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1
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Cardiocondyla emeryi
B Taylor det. |
Congo
Y Braet
t-1-3
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19.viii.2007
Brazzaville
4°15'33" S
15°17'5" E
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24h pitfall trap;
forest around the GERDIB laboratories; 317 m asl
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1
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Cardiocondyla emeryi
B Taylor det. |
Congo
Y Braet
t-1-19
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19.viii.2007
Brazzaville
4°15'33" S
15°17'5" E
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24h pitfall trap;
forest around the GERDIB laboratories; 317 m asl
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1
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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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1
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Cardiocondyla emeryi
B Taylor det.
Queen
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Sudan
J Mathews
JM 115
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22.xi.2000
Abu Gmein, Blue Nile
11°21' N
34°27' E
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pyrethrum fogging of
Senegalia senegal
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1
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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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 Cardiocondyla
yorubae Rigato - name change
from yoruba is necessary as "Yoruba" is the name of the human
tribe, so the correct name has to become an adjective - yorubae
Described by Rigato (2002) from IITA, north of Ibadan,
see -  . However, I can find no significant
difference between Rigato's description and that of emeryi; the
drawing I made of emeryi from no more than 30 km away matches
Rigato's (pedicel dorsum) and other details are as in Rigato's
description. Although the drawing is very small, it is apparent that
the specimen illustrated in Emery (1922f) also has the same pedicel
shape as my drawing and that of Rigato (for yorubae) and it is
the Bolton (1982) drawing that may be misleading. Comparing the Rigato
drawing and my montage of a specimen from Egypt on the same size scale
shows no obvious difference and the Egypt specimen appears to exactly
match Rigato's description. The specimen from Ghana, below, also
matches the descriptions.
It is curious that Bolton supplied the IITA specimens but did not give
Rigato any CRIN specimens (collected by him, Bolton, and identified by
him as emeryi). Rigato noted yorubae as having a lesser
size TL 1.6-1.7 mm, than emeryi, citing Bolton (1982). Bolton,
actually gave TL 1.7-2.1 mm; Forel (1881) gave TL 1.6-1.8 mm; the
specimen I drew had TL 1.77 mm and other slightly larger dimensions
than yorubae.
Thus, I cannot regard yorubae as anything other than a junior
synonym of emeryi. Moreover, it is obvious that the IITA
specimens were examined by Seifert, who also listed Bolton specimens
from CRIN, like the one I drew. The Rigato drawing shows the angular
profile to the petiole, given for the type form by Seifert.
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 The
photomontage is of a worker from Ghana, collector S Sky
Stephens (06G0021).
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Congo Basin form - head and alitrunk red-brown,
gaster near black.
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 Workers from Congo,
Brazzaville, collectors Yves Braet &
Eric Zassi (pitfall t 1.1, t 1.2, t
1.3 & t 1.19)
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 The
photomontage of the holotype of yoruba
is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901752
It is an exact match for my Nigeria drawing, the Congo and Egypt
workers (see above) and the mahdii
type below.
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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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 The
photomontage is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0006004
Collection Information: Specimen Code CASENT0006004 Locality Gabon:
Ogoove-Maritime: Reserve de la Moukalaba-Dougoua, 7 km NW Doussala;
02°19'50"S 010°32'39"E 110 m; Collection codes: GA00S151; Date: 21 Mar
2000; Collected by: S.V.Noort; Method: sweep; Habitat: Savanna, grasses
& Nauclea latifolia
This specimen although from the western side of the
continent appears close to the description given by Seifert for C.
emeryi rasalamae; i.e the reduced sculpture of the clypeus, the
distinctive foveae on the vertex; the reduced sculpturation on the
alitrunk (mesosoma) and petiole; and the convex profile of the petiole
dorsum.
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 Sexuals
The
photomontage of the queen described by Arnold is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0901745.
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 The
photomontage is of a queen from Sudan, Abu Gmein, Blue Nile;
collector J Mathews (JM 115).
Matches type queen of rasamalae
- see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0101778
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 The
photomontage of a male identified by Seifert is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0103437.
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