Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel 1881
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Description
Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
(Figure 8 (a–c))
Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881: 5 (w.) Virgin Is. Neotropical
Diagnosis
Worker. Head distinctly longer than broad; promesonotal outline in profile continuous and shallowly convex, not abruptly sloping into moderately deep metanotal groove; propodeal spines short and less acute; postpetiolar sternite with a conspicuous anteroventral prominence or bulge. Body yellow, gaster dark brown or blackish brown.
Material examined
Yemen, Socotra Island, Lehanoh, 22 April 2014, 931 m, (M.R. Sharaf leg.), 12.57583°N, 54.04836°E (1 w, KSMA).
Geographic range
Cardiocondyla emeryi is a successful cosmopolitan invasive species introduced by human commerce (Seifert 2003; Wetterer 2012). It has been recorded from several countries of the Arabian Peninsula including KSA (Collingwood 1985), Oman, Yemen (Collingwood and Agosti 1996), UAE (Collingwood et al. 1997) and Socotra (Collingwood et al. 2004). The occurrence of Cardiocondyla emeryi in Socotra is likely the result of commerce and the transport of plant material.
Ecological and biological notes
This species was found nesting under a rock on loose and sandy soil.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- KSMA
- Event date
- 2014-04-22
- Verbatim event date
- 2014-04-22
- Scientific name authorship
- Forel
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Cardiocondyla
- Species
- emeryi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881 sec. Sharaf, Fisher, Collingwood & Aldawood, 2017
References
- Forel A. 1881. Die Ameisen der Antille St. Thomas. Mitteilungen der Munchener Entomologischen Verein. 5: 1 - 16.
- 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 B Botanik Zoologie. 104: 203 - 338.
- Wetterer JK. 2012. Worldwide spread of Emery' s sneaking ant, Cardiocondyla emeryi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News. 17: 13 - 20.
- Collingwood CA. 1985. Hymenoptera: fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna Saudi Arabia. 7: 230 - 302.
- Collingwood CA, Agosti D. 1996. Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (part 2). Fauna of Saudi Arabia. 15: 300 - 385.
- Collingwood CA, Tigar BJ, Agosti D. 1997. Introduced ants in the United Arab Emirates. J Arid Environ. 37: 505 - 512.
- Collingwood CA, Pohl H, Guesten R, Wranik W, Van Harten A. 2004. The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago. Fauna of Arabia. 20: 473 - 495.