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Cardiocondyla 
Cardiocondyla wroughtonii Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae Genus: Cardiocondyla
Emery, 1869Type species Cardiocondyla elegans, Emery, by monotypy Synonyms Dyclona Santschi
Emeryia Forel
Loncyda Santschi
Prosopidris Wheeler
Xenometra EmeryCardiocondyla is an ant genus in the family Formicidae.
Closely related genera are Leptothorax, Stereomyrmex and Romblonella.
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Species
- C. atalanta
- C. batesii
- C. bicoronata
- C. brachyceps
- C. breviscapus
- C. britteni
- C. bulgarica
- C. carbonaria
- C. cristata
- C. elegans
- C. emeryi
- C. fajumensis
- C. gallagheri
- C. gallilaeica
- C. gibbosa
- C. goa
- C. insutura
- C. israelica
- C. jacquemini
- C. kagutsuchi
- C. koshewnikovi
- C. kushanica
- C. littoralis
- C. longiceps
- C. longinoda
- C. luciae
- C. mauritanica
- C. melana
- C. minutior
- C. monardi
- C. nana
- C. neferka
- C. nigra
- C. nigrocerea
- C. nivalis
- C. nuda
- C. obscurior
- C. opaca
- C. opistopsis
- C. papuana
- C. paradoxa
- C. paranuda
- C. parvinoda
- C. persiana
- C. rugulosa
- C. sahlbergi
- C. sekhemka
- C. semirubra
- C. shagrinata
- C. shuckardi
- C. sima
- C. stambuloffii
- C. strigifrons
- C. tenuifrons
- C. thoracica
- C. tibetana
- C. tiwarii
- C. tjibodana
- C. ulianini
- C. unicalis
- C. venustula
- C. weserka
- C. wheeleri
- C. wroughtonii
- C. yemeni
- C. yoruba
- C. zoserka
See also
References
- Emery, C. 1869: Enumerazione dei Formicidi che rinvengonsi nei contorni di Napoli. Annali dell'Accademia degli Aspiranti Naturalisti, (2)2: 1-26.
- Collingwood. 1985: Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 7: 230-302.
- Rigato. 2002: Three new Afrotropical Cardiocondyla Emery, with a revised key to the workers (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Bollettino della Societa Entomologica Italiana, 134(2): 167-173.
- Bolton, B. 2003: Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute, 71: 1-370.
- Seifert, B. 2003: The ant genus Cardiocondyla (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - a taxonomic revision of the C. elegans, C. bulgarica, C. batesii, C. nuda, C. shuckardi, C. stambuloffii, C. wroughtonii, C. emeryi and C. minutior species groups. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 104B: 203-338. PDF
- Heinze J., Cremer S., Eckl N. & Schrempf A. 2006: Stealthy invaders : the biology of Cardiocondyla tramp ants. Insectes sociaux, 53(1): 1-7. doi:10.1007/s00040-005-0847-4.
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