Cardiocondyla yemeni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, Amr A. & Aldawood, Abdulrahman S., 2022, Faunal composition, diversity, and distribution of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Dhofar Governorate, Oman, with updated list of the Omani species and remarks on zoogeography, European Journal of Taxonomy 838 (1), pp. 1-106 : 44-47

Cardiocondyla yemeni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Fig. 28

Cardiocondyla yemeni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 328 (w). Yemen. Afrotropic.

Diagnosis

Uniform yellow; propodeal spines short and broad dentate; petiole in profile slightly low and broadly rounded; postpetiole narrow in dorsal view, clearly less than twice as broad as petiole; legs and antennae pale yellow-brown; reticulopunctate sculpture on whole body dorsum.

Material examined

OMAN – Dhofar • 14 w; Ayn Razat ; 17.130° N, 54.236° E; alt. 121 m; 20 Nov. 2017; SF; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA .

Ecological and biological notes

It was collected from leaf litter under a tree of Ziziphus sp. where the soil was mixed with sheep and goat feces.

Geographic range

This species was first described from Yemen ( Collingwood & Agosti 1996) and recently recorded from Oman ( Sharaf et al. 2018a). This species is reported here for the first time in Dhofar.

Figures

Fig. 28. Cardiocondyla yemeni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996, worker (CASENT0922874, AntWeb.org (Michele Esposito)). A. Body in profile. B. Head in full-face view. C. Distribution map.