Cardiocondyla israelica Seifert, 2003

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, AbdulAziz M. A., Georgiadis, Christos, Nasser, Mohamed G. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2024, Filling gaps in global myrmecology: ants of the Kingdom of Bahrain (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Journal of Natural History 58 (41 - 44), pp. 1705-1786 : 1734-1737

Cardiocondyla israelica Seifert, 2003

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Cardiocondyla israelica Seifert, 2003, p. 231 , fig. 12 (w.q.) Israel, Egypt. Palaearctic.

Diagnosis

Worker. This species can be diagnosed by the following characters: uniform brown; metanotal groove depressed in profile; propodeal spines slightly long with axis in profile deviating 58° from longitudinal mesosomal axis; foveolae on vertex large, well demarcated, bicoronate, and densely packed; anteromedian part of vertex with well-developed longitudinal sculpture; gastral pubescence dense.

Material examined

Four sites: 3; 6; 7; 8.

Geographic range. This species was previously known only from Egypt and Israel.

Ecology and biology. A paratype material of C. israelica was collected by the senior author from a saline habitat in a small village called ‘Kafr Al Amir Abd Allah Ibn Salam’, in the Daqahlyia governorate, Egypt (Nile Delta). The species was found nesting under Tamarix L. ( Tamaricaceae ) trees and Phragmites Adans ( Poaceae ) reeds, directly in compact clay, salty and humid soil.

Figures

Figure 19. Cardiocondyla israelica. Worker. (A) Body in profile. (B) Head in full-face view, ANTWEB1041910, AntWeb.org (Michele Esposito). (C) Distribution map.