Cardiocondyla gallagheri

Nothing is known about the biology of .

Identification
Collingwood and Agosti (1996) - This species differs from Cardiocondyla emeryi by the sharper more upright spines, the more shallow mesopropodeal furrow, the more domed petiole, the wider postpetiole and stronger alitrunk sculpture.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: United Arab Emirates. Palaearctic Region: Oman.

Nomenclature

 * . Cardiocondyla gallagheri Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 327, fig. 10 (w.) OMAN.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: Oman: Wahiba Sands, 18.xii.1989 (M.D. Gallagher).
 * Type-depository: WMLC.
 * Status as species: Collingwood, et al. 2011: 422; Borowiec, L. 2014: 46.
 * Distribution: Oman.

Worker
Holotype: TL 3.23; HL 0.60; HW 0.46; SL 0.47; EL 0.155; PW 0.152; PPW 0.29.

The antennal scapes just fail to meet the occipital margin. The eyes are prominent. The mesopropodeal furrow is shallow, the mesonotum meeting the propodeum at an oblique angle. The propodeum is mildly convex, not flat. The propodeal spines are moderately long (0.09 mm). The petiole is a thick rounded dome longer than wide in dorsal view. The postpetiole is clearly wider than long and almost twice as wide as the petiole. The head is coarsely sculptured with large shallow punctures and a median band of longitudinal striae. The alitrunk and petiole have similar but more superficial sculpture on the dorsum while the postpetiole and gaster are smooth with a faint reticulate sculpture. The colour is evenly brown with legs and antennae only slightly paler.

Type Material
Holotype: worker, Oman, Wahiba Sands, 18.xn.1989, M.D. Gallagher. Paratypes: 4 workers, same series as holotype.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Collingwood C. A., D. Agosti, M. R. Sharaf, A. Van Harten, 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod Fauna of the UAE 4: 405-474
 * Collingwood C.A., D.Agosti, M.R. Sharaf, and A. van Harten. 2011. Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae. Arthropod fauna of the UAE, 4: 405474
 * Collingwood, C. A. and D. Agosti. 1996. Formicidae (Insects: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2) Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15: 300-385.
 * Collingwood, C. A., and Donat Agosti. "Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of Saudi Arabia (Part 2)." Fauna of Saudi Arabia 15 (1996): 300-385.
 * Sharaf M. R., B. L. Fisher, H. M. Al Dhafer, A. Polaszek, and A. S. Aldawood. 2018. Additions to the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Oman: an updated list, new records and a description of two new species. Asian Myrmecology 10: e010004