Cardiocondyla elegans

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

Cardiocondyla elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Cardiocondyla
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869
Subspecies
Cardiocondyla elegans dalmatica Soudek, 1926 Cardiocondyla elegans elegans Emery, 1870 Cardiocondyla elegans eleonorae Forel, 1912 Cardiocondyla elegans gibbosa Kuznetzov Ugamsky 1928 Cardiocondyla elegans sahlbergi Cardiocondyla elegans santschii Cardiocondyla elegans schkaffi Arnoldi 1929 Cardiocondyla elegans torretassoi Finzi, 1937 Cardiocondyla elegans uljanini Emery 1890
Synonyms
Cardiocondyla provincialis Bernard Cardiocondyla semenowi Forel Cardiocondyla schkaffi Arnoldi Cardiocondyla santschii Forel Xenometra gallica Bernard

References

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.