Cardiocondyla nigra

Identification
Key to Holartic Cardiocondyla

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Algeria, Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Greece, Iberian Peninsula, Israel, Morocco, Portugal, Spain, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Tunisia.

Nomenclature

 *  nigra. Cardiocondyla batesii var. nigra Forel, 1905b: 174 (w.q.) TUNISIA. Santschi, 1907: 324 (m. ergatoid m. and gynandromorph). Raised to species: Schembri & Collingwood, 1981: 428. Junior synonym of batesii: Radchenko, 1995b: 451. Revived from synonymy and senior synonym of torretassoi: Seifert, 2003a: 240.
 * torretassoi. Cardiocondyla elegans var. torretassoi Finzi, 1936: 167 (w.) EGYPT. Raised to species: Radchenko, 1995b: 451. Junior synonym of nigra: Seifert, 2003a: 240.