Cardiocondyla

Mohamed, S., Zalat, S. & Fadl, H., 2001, Taxonomy of ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) collected by pitfall traps from Sinai and Delta region, Egypt., Egyptian Journal of Natural History 3, pp. 40-61 : 50

Genus Cardiocondyla Emery, 1869

Cardiocondyla Emery, 1869: Ann. accad. Aspir. Nat. Napoli (2)2:20.

Type-species: Cardiocondula elegans Emery , 1869: Ann. Acad. Aspir. Nat. Napoli (2)2:21.

Distribution: Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Australian, Polynesian, Nearctic & Neotropical regions.

Key to species

1- Propodeal spines very short and blunt (Fig.30); head, alitrunk, nodes and appendages reddish brown, gaster black ... C. nuda (Mayr)

- Propodeal spines long and acute (Fig.31); head, alitrunk, nodes and appendages yellow, gaster dark brown...... C. wroughtonii (Forel)