Cardiocondyla caspiense, Seifert, 2023

Seifert, Bernhard, 2023, A revision of the Palaearctic species of the ant genus Cardiocondyla Emery 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Zootaxa 5274 (1), pp. 1-64 : 8

Cardiocondyla ulianini group

Eye large, EYE/CS 0.248 ±0.012 [0.215, 0.262]; postocular distance larger, PoOc/CL 0.407 ± 0.031 [0.397, 0.469]; head longer, CL/CW 1.178 ± 0.028 [1.098, 1.272]; metanotal depression always present, MGr/CS 3.85 ±0.84 [1.5, 6.6]%; propodeal spines short, SP/CS 0.114 ± 0.015 [0.066, 0.157]; pubescence on first gaster tergite rather long, PLG/CS 6.55 ± 1.06 [4.96, 8.06]%; postpetiolar sternite without any protrusions. Eight species from the southern zone of the West and Central Palaearctic, tramp species unknown: C. ulianini Emery 1889 ; C. bulgarica Forel 1892 , C. sahlbergi Forel 1913 , C. gallilaeica Seifert 2003 , C. israelica Seifert 2003 , C. littoralis Seifert 2003 and Cardiocondyla caspiense n. sp.