Cardiocondyla elegans, Emery, 1869

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 elegans group

Eye large, EYE/CS 0.250 ±0.006 [0.235, 0.266]; postocular distance small, PoOc/CL 0.395 ± 0.009 [0.367, 0.422]; head rather short, CL/CW 1.156 ± 0.017 [1.093, 1.224]; metanotal depression always present, MGr/CS 4.50 ±0.76 [0.5, 6.6]%; propodeal spines short, SP/CS 0.116 ± 0.013 [0.074, 0.153]; pubescence on first gaster tergite very long, PLG/CS 7.84 ± 0.51 [6.11, 9.08]%; postpetiolar sternite without any protrusions. Four species from the southern zone of the West Palaearctic, tramp species unknown: C. elegans Emery 1869 ; C. dalmatica Soudek 1925 , C. brachyceps Seifert 2003 and Cardiocondyla dalmaticoides n. sp.