Cardiocondyla stambuloffii

Distribution
This taxon was described from Bulgaria. It is also found in Iran (Islamic Republic of), Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine and Greece.

Nomenclature

 *  stambuloffii. Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892i: 310, pl. 5, fig. 1 (w.q. ergatoid m.) BULGARIA. Kugler, J. 1984: 8 (ergatoid m.). Senior synonym of montandoni: Pisarski, 1962a: 331; of taurica: Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 538; of bogdanovi: Seifert, 2003a: 262. See also: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 174; Radchenko, 1995b: 450.
 * bogdanovi. Cardiocondyla bogdanovi Ruzsky, 1905b: 630, figs. 155, 157, 158 (w.q.) CAUCASUS. Junior synonym of stambuloffii: Seifert, 2003a: 262.
 * montandoni. Cardiocondyla montandoni Santschi, 1912g: 657, figs. 1, 3 (w.) ROMANIA. Junior synonym of stambuloffii: Pisarski, 1962a: 331; Radchenko, 1995b: 450.
 * taurica. Cardiocondyla stambuloffi subsp. taurica Karavaiev, 1927a: 288, fig. 2 (w.) UKRAINE. Junior synonym of stambuloffii: Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 538; Radchenko, 1995b: 450.

Additional References

 * [[Media:Arnoldi 1926.pdf|Arnol'di, K. V. 1926. Studien über die Variabilität der Ameisen. I. Die ökologische und die Familienvariabilität von Cardiocondyla stambulowi For. Z. Morphol. Ökol. Tiere 7: 254-278 PDF]]