Cardiocondyla batesii

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Balearic Islands, Iberian Peninsula, Israel, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, Tunisia.

Castes
Queens showed a remarkable variation in mesosoma size which appeared to be associated with a polymorphism in wing length (brachyptery vs. macroptery) (Heinze et al. 2002). Hundreds of young queens (both brachypterous and macropterous) were observed to leave their maternal nests, shed their wings, and disperse on foot. Both alate and dealate queens were found to be inseminated, suggesting that they had mated with ergatoid males in their maternal colonies before dispersal.

Nomenclature

 *  batesii. Cardiocondyla batesii Forel, 1894d: 17 (w.q.) ALGERIA. See also: Seifert, 2003a: 237.