Cardiocondyla longiceps

Cardiocondyla longiceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Cardiocondyla
Species:	C. longiceps
Binomial name
Cardiocondyla longiceps Seifert, 2003 Specimen Labels

Described from winged gynes originating both from Socotra Island and the Yemen mainland (Ta'izz). The workers are as yet unknown (Collingwood et al. 2004) and nothing is known concerning its ecology or biology (Sharaf et al., 2017).

Identification

Seifert (2003) - A member of the Cardiocondyla shuckardi group. C. longiceps is most similar to sympatric Cardiocondyla fajumensis in structure and body shape but nonoverlapping morphometric data and the characteristic clypeal pubescence strongly indicate heterospecifity.

Collingwood et al. (2004) - As a member of the Cardiocondyla shuckardi-group, this species has the propodeal spines much shorter than in Cardiocondyla emeryi, a character true also for workers in this species group.

Keys including this Species

• Key to workers of the Socotra Archipelago, Yemen

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 12.616667° to 12.583158°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Socotra Archipelago, Yemen (type locality).

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.

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.

Castes

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• longiceps. Cardiocondyla longiceps Seifert, 2003a: 259, fig. 45 (q.) YEMEN.
  • Type-material: holotype queen, 7 paratype queens.
  • Type-locality: holotype Yemen: Socotra I., Hadibo, 14.iv.1993 (A. van Harten); paratypes: 3 queens with same data, 4 queens Yemen: Taiz (L), 24.viii.1998 (A. van Harten).
  • Type-depository: SMNG.
  • Status as species: Collingwood, et al. 2004: 479; Borowiec, L. 2014: 47; Sharaf, Fisher, et al. 2017: 16.
  • Distribution: Yemen.

Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.

Description

Queen

Closely related to Cardiocondyla fajumensis but size and head length index outside the range of this species. Head extremely elongated, CL/CW 1.254. Anterior clypeal margin and occipital margin convex, in most median parts straight. Postocular distance large, PoOc/CL 0.444. Scape long, SL/CS 0.815. Clypeus and frontal laminae densely longitudinally rugulose-carinulate. Anterior clypeus with profuse erect pubescence, appearing bearded. Frontal carinae immediately behind FRS level parallel or slightly converging caudad. Vertex and anterior pronotum strongly reticulate, the meshes with bicoronate foveolae. Mesonotum strongly longitudinally rugulose, interspaces foveolate. Propodeum and postpetiolar dorsum strongly foveolate-reticulate. Petiole more smooth but weakly reticulate-rugose. Lateral mesosomal sclerites strongly longitudinally rugulose. Petiole node in dorsal view globular, as long or slightly longer than wide. Postpetiole with straight or slightly concave anterior margin and convex sides, its sternite with 2 shallow, paramedian longitudinal bulbs. Spines reduced to right or blunt angles. Pubescence on whole body long and profuse. Lateral mesosoma, propodeum and waist light-yellowish brown. Dorsum of antennal funiculus, dorsal head, gaster, and dorsum of mesosoma from scutellum to metanotum distinctly darker.

Type Material

Holotype gyne plus 3 paratype gynes labelled “YEMEN: lsI. Socotra Hadibo, 1993.04.14 leg. A. van Harten”; 4 paratype gynes labelled "YEMEN: Taiz(L) leg. A. van Harten 1998.08.24”, all in Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz.

References

• Seifert, B. 2003. The ant genus Cardiocondyla (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - a taxonomic revision of the C. elegans, C. bulgarica, C. batesii, C. nuda, C. shuckardi, C. stambuloffii, C. wroughtonii, C. emeryi, and C. minutior species groups. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien Serie B Botanik und Zoologie. 104:203-338. (page 259, fig. 45 queen described)
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Cantone S. 2017. Winged Ants, The Male, Dichotomous key to genera of winged male ants in the World, Behavioral ecology of mating flight (self-published).
• Collingwood, C. A., Pohl, H., Guesten, R., Wranik, W. and van Harten, A. 2004. The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago. Fauna of Arabia. 20:473-495.
• Heterick, B.E. 2022. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part II: Distribution and biology. Records of the Western Australian Museum, supplement 86: 247-510 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2022.247-510).
• Sharaf, M.R., Fisher, B.L., Collingwood, C.A., Aldawood, A.S. 2017. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species. Journal of Natural History 51, 317–378 (DOI 10.1080/00222933.2016.1271157).
• Sparks, K. 2015. Australian Monomorium: Systematics and species delimitation with a focus of the M. rothsteini complex. Ph.D. thesis, University of Adelaide.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Collingwood, C. A., H. Pohl, and R. Güsten. "The ants (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra archipelago." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 20 (2004): 473-495.
• Seifert B. 2003. The ant genus Cardiocondyla (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - a taxonomic revision of the C. elegans, C. bulgarica, C. batesii, C. nuda, C. shuckardi, C. stambuloffii, C. wroughtonii, C. emeryi, and C. minutior species groups. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. B, Botanik, Zoologie 104: 203-338.
• Sharaf M. R., B. L. Fisher, C. A. Collingwood, and A. S. Aldawood. 2017. Ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of the Socotra Archipelago (Yemen): zoogeography, distribution and description of a new species. Journal of Natural History http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2016.1271157