Cardiocondyla yemeni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

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Cardiocondyla yemeni Collingwood & Agosti, 1996: 328 (w). Yemen. Afrotropic.

Diagnosis

Uniform yellow; propodeal spines short and broad dentate; petiole in profile slightly low and broadly rounded; postpetiole narrow in dorsal view, clearly less than twice as broad as petiole; legs and antennae pale yellow-brown; reticulopunctate sculpture on whole body dorsum.

Material examined

OMAN – Dhofar • 14 w; Ayn Razat; 17.130° N, 54.236° E; alt. 121 m; 20 Nov. 2017; SF; M.R. Sharaf leg.; KSMA .

Ecological and biological notes

It was collected from leaf litter under a tree of Ziziphus sp. where the soil was mixed with sheep and goat feces.

Geographic range

This species was first described from Yemen (Collingwood & Agosti 1996) and recently recorded from Oman (Sharaf et al. 2018a). This species is reported here for the first time in Dhofar.