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nesting deep in the soil, under stones, with small colonies
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Distribution Notes

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1 locality in Coastal SLO
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Taxonomic History

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Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869b PDF: 21, pl. 1, fig. 10 (w.q.) ITALY. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

Menozzi, 1918 PDF: 83 (ergatoid m.); Kugler, 1984 PDF: 14 (ergatoid m.).Status as species: Mayr, 1877a: 18; Emery, 1878: 50; Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 456; Mayr, 1880 PDF: 37; Forel, 1881 PDF: 7; André, 1881c PDF: 69; André, 1883a: 328 (in key); Emery, 1889b PDF: 441; Mayr, 1889 PDF: 280; Nasonov, 1889: 38; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 70; Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 25; Ruzsky, 1905b: 624; Emery, 1909a PDF: 21; Karavaiev, 1911a PDF: 56; Emery, 1916a PDF: 153; Menozzi, 1918 PDF: 83; Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 147; Emery, 1922c PDF: 125; Karavaiev, 1934: 114; Grandi, 1935 PDF: 100; Finzi, 1936 PDF: 166; Finzi, 1939b PDF: 88; Donisthorpe, 1950e PDF: 1060; Consani & Zangheri, 1952 PDF: 40; Bernard, 1956c PDF: 301 (in key); Ceballos, 1956: 308; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 157 (redescription); Pisarski, 1967a PDF: 388; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 75; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 68; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 76; Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 73; Hamann & Klemm, 1976 PDF: 673; Aktaç, 1977 PDF: 121; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 538 (in key); Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 86 (in key); Kugler, 1984 PDF: 14; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 56; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 276 (in key); Kugler, 1988: 258; Dlussky et al., 1990 PDF: 194; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 172; Collingwood, 1993b PDF: 194; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 43; Bolton, 1995b: 132; Poldi et al., 1995: 4; Radchenko, 1995g PDF: 449; Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 29; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 16 (in key); Collingwood & Heatwole, 2002 PDF: 7; Rigato, 2002 PDF: 173 (in key); Seifert, 2003a PDF: 225 (redescription); Petrov, 2006 PDF: 99 (in key); Bračko, 2007 PDF: 17; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 138; Paknia et al., 2008 PDF: 153; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 487; Vonshak & Ionescu-Hirsch, 2009 PDF: 41; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 26; Csosz et al., 2011 PDF: 57; Karaman, 2011b PDF: 21; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 16; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 484; Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 40; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 17; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 46; Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 13; Tohmé & Tohmé, 2014 PDF: 135; Lebas et al., 2016: 266; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 44; Seifert, 2018: 186.Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla gallica: Baroni Urbani, 1973a PDF: 200; Kugler, 1984 PDF: 14; Bolton, 1995b: 132; Radchenko, 1995g PDF: 449; Seifert, 2003a PDF: 225; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 487.Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla provincialis: Radchenko, 1995g PDF: 449; Seifert, 2003a PDF: 225; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 487.Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla elegans santschii: Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 147; Emery, 1922c PDF: 125; Bolton, 1995b: 132; Radchenko, 1995g PDF: 449; Seifert, 2003a PDF: 225; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 487; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 16.Senior synonym of Cardiocondyla elegans schkaffi: Radchenko, 1995g PDF: 449.
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Diagnostic Description

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(Map 36): Krupnik-Sandanski-Petrich Valley: Sandanski ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Pirin Mt.: Mechkul vill. (Simitli) ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ), Melnik ( Seifert 2003b ); Northern Black Sea coast: Kavarna, Byala, the mouth of Batova river ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Southern Black Sea coast: Nesebar, Primorsko ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ).

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Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena, 2010, Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria, ZooKeys, pp. 1-124, vol. 62
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Diagnostic Description

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- [[ worker ]]. - Long. 2,3 a 2,5 mill., donc un peu plus grande que la forme typique. Les epaules du pronotum un peu plus marquees, et sur- tout le 2 ° n oe ud moins cordiforme (non echancre devant). Les yeux sont situes un peu en avant du milieu des cotes de la tete, plutot un peu en arriere chez l´ elegans i. sp. Couleur noire, a peine un peu brunatre; mandibules, bord anterieur de la tete, petiole du 1 er n oe ud, tarses, antennes, sauf la massue brune, et articulations d'un jaune un peu roussatre.

Marseille (Dr Santschi).

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Forel, A., 1905, Miscellanea myrmicologiques, II (1905)., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, pp. 155-185, vol. 49
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Diagnostic Description

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- [[ worker ]], [[ queen ]]. - ([[ queen ]] Long. 2,7 a 3 mill, - Noiratre comme l'ouvriere, avec les ailes legerement teintees de brunatre). Je ne puis la distinguer du type de Tunisie; a peine le premier n oe ud semble-t-il legerement plus eleve.

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Forel, A., 1910, Glanures myrmecologiques., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, pp. 6-32, vol. 54
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Cardiocondyla elegans

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Cardiocondyla elegans is an ant species in the genus Cardiocondyla found in the Mediterranean region.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Lenoir, J. -C.; Schrempf, A.; Lenoir, A.; Heinze, J.; Mercier, J. -L. (2006). "Genetic structure and reproductive strategy of the ant Cardiocondyla elegans: Strictly monogynous nests invaded by unrelated sexuals". Molecular Ecology. 16 (2): 345–354. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03156.x. PMID 17217349.
  • Emery, C. 1869: Enumerazione dei Formicidi che rinvengonsi nei contorni di Napoli. Annali dell'Accademia degli Aspiranti Naturalisti, (2)2: 1-26. hdl:10199/17114
  • Seifert, B. 2003: The ant genus Cardiocondyla (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - a taxonomic revision of the C. elegans, C. bulgarica, C. batesii, C. nuda, C. shuckardi, C. stambuloffii, C. wroughtonii, C. emeryi and C. minutior species groups. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 104(B): 203–338.
  • Heinze, J.; Cremer, S.; Eckl, N.; Schrempf, A. (2006). "Stealthy invaders: The biology of Cardiocondyla tramp ants". Insectes Sociaux. 53: 1. doi:10.1007/s00040-005-0847-4.
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Cardiocondyla elegans: Brief Summary

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Cardiocondyla elegans is an ant species in the genus Cardiocondyla found in the Mediterranean region.

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