Cardiocondyla batesii, Forel, 1894

Seifert, Bernhard, 2023, A revision of the Palaearctic species of the ant genus Cardiocondyla Emery 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Zootaxa 5274 (1), pp. 1-64 : 8

Cardiocondyla batesii group

Eye very large, EYE/CS 0.263 ±0.08 [0.246, 0.283]; postocular distance very small, PoOc/CL 0.368 ± 0.016 [0.311, 0.397]; head rather long, CL/CW 1.176 ± 0.023 [1.125, 1.256]; metanotal depression always present, MGr/ CS 3.51 ±0.82 [0.9, 5.6]%; propodeal spines short, SP/CS 0.100 ± 0.013 [0.069, 0.130]; pubescence on first gaster tergite rather short, PLG/CS 5.50 ± 0.43 [4.48, 6.94]%; postpetiolar sternite without any protrusions. Nine species from the southern zone of the West Palaearctic, tramp species unknown: Cardiocondyla batesii Forel 1894 , C. nigra Forel 1905 , C. kushanica Pisarski 1967 , C. brachyceps Seifert 2003 , C. opistopsis Seifert 2003 , C. rugulosa Seifert 2003 , C. semirubra Seifert 2003 , C. tenuifrons Seifert 2003 and C. verdensis n. sp.