CARDIOCONDYLA

(Subfamily Myrmicinae)

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Taxonomy

The genus Cardiocondyla was established by Emery (1869), and is assigned to the tribe Formicoxenini by Bolton (1994, 2003). The Afrotropical species were revised by Bolton (1982), and the elegans-, bulgarica-, batesii-, nuda-, shuckardi-, stambuloffii-, wroughtonii-, emeryi- and minutior groups were revised by Seifert (2003).

Cardiocondyla sp. eg-x, worker, body in lateral view.

Cardiocondyla sp. eg-x, worker, head in full-face view.

Cardiocondyla species inhabit open habitats and man-made habitats such as around settlements and in gardens. Workers are frequently found on the ground surface.