Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881

Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4, pp. 1-70 : 17

Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881

Plates 32–34 , 37 , 55

Specimens examined: Al-Aslab, 19.ix.2005, at light, AvH. 7 km S of al-Jazirat al-Hamra, 16.xi.2004, AvH. Sharjah Desert Park, 6.x.2004, at light, AvH.

Distribution: Widely spread species, reported from southern Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Nearctic and Neotropical regions. Recorded from the UAE (Ruwais) by Collingwood, Tigar & Agosti (1997). Also known from Yemen and Oman.

Figures

Plates 32–34.Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel.(Photographs by A.Nobile, © www.antweb.org)

Plates 35–37: 35: Pachycondyla sennaarensis (Mayr); 36: Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius); 37: Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel.(Photographs © Fauna of Arabia)

Plates 53–58. Heads in dorsal view. 53: Pachycondyla sennaarensis (Mayr); 54: Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius); 55:Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel; 56:Monomorium baushare Collingwood & Agosti.; 57: Monomorium destructor (Jerdon); 58: Pheidole teneriffana Forel.(Photographs © Fauna of Arabia)