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Cardiocondyla hashemi
| Cardiocondyla hashemi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Cardiocondyla |
| Species: | C. hashemi |
| Binomial name | |
| Cardiocondyla hashemi Sharaf, 2024 | |
This rare species, known from a single specimen from Riyadh, Wadi Hanifa, Saudi Arabia, was collected from an area characterized by remnants of native vegetation interspersed with exotic plants on sandy clay loam soil. The vegetation cover is predominantly natural, with 85% of the cover representing a lush and vibrant ecosystem.
Identification
Head distinctly longer than broad, eye large with about 14–15 ommatidia in longest row (EI 26), anterior clypeal margin broadly medially concave, metanotal groove feebly impressed, propodeal spines short and acute, postpetiole about 1.5 X broader than long in dorsal view, cephalic surface with shallow irregularly oval or not ideally circular foveolae.
Cardiocondyla hashemi closely resembles Cardiocondyla tenuifrons from Jordan. Both species have remarkably long head, large eyes, with a convex inner margin and a straight outer one, feebly impressed metanotal groove, short, acute, and steep propodeal spines, semi-circular vertex foveolar margins, with foveolar interspaces distinctly broader than foveolar diameter, and with fine semireticulate microstructures. However, C. hashemi is readily separated by the concolorous yellow body, the rare occurrence of foveolae on the posterior third of cephalic surface, the broadly medially concave anterior clypeal margin, whereas C. tenuifrons has dark brown head and gaster, mesosoma, petiole, and postpetiole medium brown, evenly distributed foveolae on the entire cephalic surface; anterior clypeal margin with a small median notch.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 24.6° to 24.6°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: Sharaf et al., 2024
Distribution based on type material
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- hashemi. Cardiocondyla hashemi Sharaf, in Sharaf, Al Dhafer, et al. 2024: 5, figs. 1, 2 (w.) SAUDI ARABIA.
- Type-material: holotype worker.
- Type-locality: Saudi Arabia: Riyadh, Wadi Hanifa (24.603°N, 46.699°E), 751 m., 29.iv.2015 (M.S. Abdel-Dayem, et al.).
- Type-depository: KSMA.
- Distribution: Saudi Arabia.
Type Material
- Holotype worker. Saudi Arabia: Riyadh, Wadi Hanifa (24.603°N, 46.699°E), 751 m, 29.iv.2015, M. S. Abdel-Dayem et al. leg. (KSMA).