Cardiocondyla emeryi

Distribution
This taxon was described from British Virgin Islands. It is also found in New Caledonia, Australia, Norfolk Island, Ecuador, Brazil, Mexico, Honduras, Costa Rica, United States, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles, Bermuda, Bahamas, South Africa, Israel, Kenya, Tanzania, Comoros, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Seychelles, Mauritius, Madagascar, Angola, Cameroon, Sudan, Botswana, Ghana, Nigeria, Saint Helena, Viet Nam, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates ,Spain, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Barbados, Anguilla, Canary Islands, Wallis and Futuna Islands.

Nomenclature

 *  emeryi. Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881: 5 (w.) VIRGIN IS. André, 1881b: 69 (m.); Forel, 1904f: 422 (q.); Emery, 1909a: 26 (m. ergatoid m., not q.); Arnold, 1916: 201 (q.). Senior synonym of nereis: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 53; of monilicornis: Baroni Urbani, 1973: 200; of mahdii, mauritia, rasalamae: Bolton, 1982: 312. See also: Smith, M.R. 1944a: 33; Kugler, J. 1984: 3; Seifert, 2003a: 276. Current subspecies: nominal plus fezzanensis.
 * rasalamae. Cardiocondyla emeryi var. rasalamae Forel, 1891b: 161 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Forel, 1912k: 163 (q.). Junior synonym of emeryi: Bolton, 1982: 312.
 * mahdii. Cardiocondyla emeryi subsp. mahdii Karavaiev, 1911: 8 (w.) SUDAN. Finzi, 1936: 169 (q.m.). Junior synonym of emeryi: Bolton, 1982: 312.
 * monilicornis. Xenometra monilicornis Emery, 1917a: 96 (ergatoid m., not q.) VIRGIN IS. Junior synonym of emeryi: Baroni Urbani, 1973: 200.
 * nereis. Cardiocondyla nuda subsp. nereis Wheeler, W.M. 1927i: 140 (w.q.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of emeryi: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 53.
 * mauritia. Cardiocondyla mauritia Donisthorpe, 1946c: 776 (w.) MAURITIUS. Junior synonym of emeryi: Bolton, 1982: 312.

Additional References

 * Wetterer, J. 2012. Worldwide spread of Emery's sneaking ant, Cardiocondyla emeryi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News, 17, 13-20.