Cardiocondyla wroughtonii

Identification
Seifert (2003) provides a key to the holoarctic species of Cardiocondyla.

A key to Australian Cardiocondyla

Distribution
This taxon was described from India. It is also found in the Philippines, New Guinea, United States, Israel, Kenya, Tanzania, India, Somalia, Mayotte, Japan, Viet Nam, Thailand, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Borneo, Australia and Hawaii.

Nomenclature

 *  wroughtonii. Emeryia wroughtonii Forel, 1890b: cxi (ergatoid m., not w.) INDIA. Forel, 1903a: 689 (w.q.); Borgmeier, 1937a: 129 (ergatoid m.); Kugler, J. 1984: 7 (m., ergatoid m.). Combination in Cardiocondyla: Forel, 1892h: 461; Forel, 1892i: 313. Senior synonym of hawaiensis: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 56; of bimaculata: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376; of chlorotica: Bolton, 1982: 317; of longispina, quadraticeps, yamauchii: Seifert, 2003a: 269.
 * hawaiensis. Cardiocondyla wroughtonii var. hawaiensis Forel, 1899a: 119 (w.) HAWAII. Forel, 1902h: 440 (q.); Santschi, 1919a: 328 (m.); Smith, M.R. 1944a: 30 (ergatoid m.). Junior synonym of wroughtonii: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 56.
 * quadraticeps. Cardiocondyla wroughtonii subsp. quadraticeps Forel, 1912n: 57 (w.) SINGAPORE. Viehmeyer, 1916a: 122 (q.). Junior synonym of wroughtonii: Seifert, 2003a: 269.
 * bimaculata. Cardiocondyla wroughtoni var. bimaculata Wheeler, W.M. 1929g: 43 (w.q.) TAIWAN. Subspecies of wroughtonii: Smith, M.R. 1944a: 40; Creighton, 1950a: 199. Junior synonym of wroughtonii: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1376.
 * chlorotica. Cardiocondyla emeryi subsp. chlorotica Menozzi, 1930b: 84 (w.q.) SOMALIA. Junior synonym of wroughtonii: Bolton, 1982: 317.
 * longispina. Cardiocondyla longispina Karavaiev, 1935a: 88, fig. 14 (w.) INDONESIA (Java). Junior synonym of wroughtonii: Seifert, 2003a: 269.
 * yamauchii. Cardiocondyla yamauchii Terayama, 1999d: 104, figs. 14-19 (w.q.m. ergatoid m.) JAPAN. Junior synonym of wroughtonii: Seifert, 2003a: 269.