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Cardiocondyla israelica Seifert 2003

Year: 2024

Type: other

Abstract: Cardiocondyla israelica Seifert, 2003 (Figure 19) Cardiocondyla israelica Seifert, 2003, p. 231, fig. 12 (w.q.) Israel, Egypt. Palaearctic. Diagnosis Worker. This species can be diagnosed by the following characters: uniform brown; metanotal groove depressed in profile; propodeal spines slightly long with axis in profile deviating 58° from longitudinal mesosomal axis; foveolae on vertex large, well demarcated, bicoronate, and densely packed; anteromedian part of vertex with well-developed longitudinal sculpture; gastral pubescence dense. Material examined Four sites: 3; 6; 7; 8. Geographic range. This species was previously known only from Egypt and Israel. Ecology and biology. A paratype material of C. israelica was collected by the senior author from a saline habitat in a small village called ‘Kafr Al Amir Abd Allah Ibn Salam’, in the Daqahlyia governorate, Egypt (Nile Delta). The species was found nesting under Tamarix L. (Tamaricaceae) trees and Phragmites Adans (Poaceae) reeds, directly in compact clay, salty and humid soil.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14248714

Authors: Sharaf, Mostafa R., Wetterer, James K., Mohamed, AbdulAziz M. A., Georgiadis, Christos, Nasser, Mohamed G., Aldawood, Abdulrahman S.

Institutions: American Museum of Natural History, King Saud University, Florida Atlantic University, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Ain Shams University

Language: English

Topic: Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny

Subfield: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Field: Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W6893038001

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