Cardiocondyla elegans

Identification
Key to Holartic Cardiocondyla

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Armenia, Bulgaria, China, France, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Iran, Israel, Italy, Montenegro, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine.

Nomenclature

 *  elegans. Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869b: 21, pl. 1, fig. 10 (w.q.) ITALY. Menozzi, 1918: 83 (ergatoid m.); Kugler, J. 1984: 14 (ergatoid m.). Senior synonym of santschii: Bondroit, 1918: 147; Emery, 1922e: 125; of gallica: Baroni Urbani, 1973: 200; of dalmatica, provincialis, schkaffi: Radchenko, 1995b: 449. See also: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 172; Seifert, 2003a: 225.
 * santschii. Cardiocondyla elegans r. santschii Forel, 1905b: 174 (w.) FRANCE. Forel, 1910a: 23 (q.). Junior synonym of elegans: Bondroit, 1918: 147; Radchenko, 1995b: 449.
 * dalmatica. Cardiocondyla elegans var. dalmatica Soudek, 1925a: 34 (w.) CROATIA. [Also described as new by Soudek, 1925b: 14.] Junior synonym of elegans: Radchenko, 1995b: 449.
 * schkaffi. Cardiocondyla elegans subsp. schkaffi Arnol'di, 1933b: 599 (w.q.) RUSSIA. Junior synonym of elegans: Radchenko, 1995b: 449.
 * provincialis. Cardiocondyla provincialis Bernard, 1956c: 303, fig. 6 (w.) FRANCE. Junior synonym of elegans: Radchenko, 1995b: 449.
 * gallica. Xenometra gallica Bernard, 1957b: 101, fig. 1 (ergatoid m., not q.) FRANCE. Junior synonym of elegans: Baroni Urbani, 1973: 200; Radchenko, 1995b: 449.