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Cardiocondyla

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| image = Cardiocondyla wroughtonii casent0000503 profile 1.jpg

| image_caption = C. wroughtonii ergatoid male

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| taxon = Cardiocondyla

| authority = Emery, 1869

| type_species = Cardiocondyla elegans

| type_species_authority = Emery, 1869

| diversity_link = #Species

| diversity = 69 species

| diversity_ref = {{AntCat|429911|Cardiocondyla|2014|accessdate=20 July 2014}}

| synonyms = Dyclona Santschi, 1930

Emeryia Forel, 1890

Loncyda Santschi, 1930

Prosopidris Wheeler, 1935

Xenometra Emery, 1917

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Cardiocondyla is an Old World genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.

Distribution

Approximately 70 species are currently recognized as belonging to this genus, most of which are distributed in the Old World tropics and subtropics, but a few of which occur in the temperate zone. Some species are also found widely separated in North America and the Pacific Islands, as a result of human introduction.

Description

Several species of this genus have a striking male polymorphism, with both winged and wingless forms. These males differ not only in morphology, but also in reproductive tactics. Closely related genera are Leptothorax, Stereomyrmex and Romblonella.

Outbreeding

Cardiocondyla elegans worker ants transport young queen ants to alien nests to promote outbreeding.{{cite journal | doi=10.1038/s42003-021-02016-1 | title=Worker ants promote outbreeding by transporting young queens to alien nests | year=2021 | last1=Vidal | first1=Mathilde | last2=Königseder | first2=Florian | last3=Giehr | first3=Julia | last4=Schrempf | first4=Alexandra | last5=Lucas | first5=Christophe | last6=Heinze | first6=Jürgen | journal=Communications Biology | volume=4 | issue=1 | page=515 | pmid=33941829 | pmc=8093424 }} This allows avoidance of inbreeding depression. The worker ants, sisters of these queens, may transport the queens several meters from their natal nest and drop them off at another, alien nest to promote outbreeding with wingless stationary males in a process somewhat analogous to third party matchmaking in humans. After mating during the winter, the sexual females may depart in the spring and find their own colonies.

Species

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References

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{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Cardiocondyla&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: Cardiocondyla |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |access-date=11 October 2013}}

{{Cite journal | last1 = Okita | first1 = I. | last2 = Murase | first2 = K. | last3 = Sato | first3 = T. | last4 = Kato | first4 = K. | last5 = Hosoda | first5 = A. | last6 = Terayama | first6 = M. | last7 = Masuko | first7 = K. | title = The Spatial Distribution of mtDNA and Phylogeographic Analysis of the Ant Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan | doi = 10.13102/sociobiology.v60i2.129-134 | journal = Sociobiology | volume = 60 | issue = 2 | year = 2013 | pages = 129–134 | doi-access = free }}

{{cite journal |last=Taylor |first=Robert W. |date=1991 |title=Notes on the ant genera Romblonella and Willowsiella, with comments on their affinities, and the first descriptions of Australian species. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) |journal=Psyche: A Journal of Entomology |volume=97 |issue=3–4 |pages=281–298 |doi=10.1155/1990/29514|doi-access=free }}

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  • {{cite journal |last=Emery |first=C. |year=1869 |title=Enumerazione dei Formicidi che rinvengonsi nei contorni di Napoli |journal=Annali dell'Accademia degli Aspiranti Naturalisti |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=1–26}}
  • {{OA-attribution| {{Cite journal | last1 = Okita | first1 = I. | last2 = Murase | first2 = K. | last3 = Sato | first3 = T. | last4 = Kato | first4 = K. | last5 = Hosoda | first5 = A. | last6 = Terayama | first6 = M. | last7 = Masuko | first7 = K. | title = The Spatial Distribution of mtDNA and Phylogeographic Analysis of the Ant Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Japan | doi = 10.13102/sociobiology.v60i2.129-134 | journal = Sociobiology | volume = 60 | issue = 2 | year = 2013 | pages = 129–134 | doi-access = free }} }}

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External links

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Category:Myrmicinae

Category:Ant genera

Category:Taxa named by Carlo Emery

Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot