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Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881

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Higher taxa:  Life   Insecta   Hymenoptera   Formicidae   Cardiocondyla   Global map IDnature guides: Ants, Ants_Ascension_Island, Ants_Barbados, Ants_Bermuda, Ants_Central_America, Ants_Dominican_Republic, Ants_Hawaii, Ants_Hispaniola, Ants_Java, Ants_Madeira, Ants_Micronesia, Ants_Mona_Island, Ants_Niue, Ants_Samoa, Ants_St_Helena, Ants_Thailand, Ants_Tonga, Formicidae, Galapagos_ants We parsed the following live from the Web into this page. Such content is managed by its original site and not cached on Discover Life. Please send feedback and corrections directly to the source. See original regarding copyrights and terms of use. Evergreen State College Image, Evergreen CalPhotos

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© Jack Longino, Evergreen State College, 2004 Cardiocondyla emeryi, worker, top	© Jack Longino, Evergreen State College, 2004 Cardiocondyla emeryi, worker, side
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http://www.evergreen.edu/ants/genera/cardiocondyla/species/emeryi/emeryi.html ---> http://academic.evergreen.edu/projects/ants/genera/cardiocondyla/species/emeryi/emeryi.html Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel 1881 Myrmicinae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia Range A cosmopolitan tramp species, widespread in the tropics (Seifert 2003). Identification Propodeal suture impressed; mesosoma light brown or orange, contrasting with darker gaster; propodeal spines relatively long; postpetiolar sternite bulging, with blunt anterolateral gibbosities (not angular projections as in obscurior ). Similar species: obscurior . Natural History These are ants of open areas and synanthropic habitats that can be expected in any low to midelevation urban area in Costa Rica. I have found workers foraging on the ground in the town squares of La Cruz and Liberia in Guanacaste Province. I have collected workers while sweeping low vegetation along the dusty roadside near La Pita, on the road from the PanAmerican Highway to Monteverde. On the Atlantic side of Costa Rica, I collected workers on the beach margin beneath coconut palms near Puerto Viejo de Limon. Literature Cited 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 Serie B Botanik und Zoologie 104B:203-338. Page author: John T. Longino, The Evergreen State College, Olympia WA 98505 USA. longinoj@evergreen.edu Date of this version: 16 May 2007. Previous versions of this page: 22 March 2003 , 5 January 2004 Go back to top Go to Ants of Costa Rica Homepage

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CalPhotos     Photo Database   Number of matches : 3 Query: SELECT * FROM img WHERE ready=1 and taxon like "Cardiocondyla emeryi%" and (lifeform != "specimen_tag" OR lifeform != "Animal") ORDER BY taxon Click on the thumbnail to see an enlargement Cardiocondyla emeryi ID: 4444 4444 0709 0078 [detail] © 2009 Moorea Biocode Cardiocondyla emeryi ID: 4444 4444 0709 0149 [detail] © 2009 Moorea Biocode Cardiocondyla emeryi ID: 4444 4444 0709 0150 [detail] © 2009 Moorea Biocode Using these photos: A variety of organizations and individuals have contributed photographs to CalPhotos. Please follow the usage guidelines provided with each image. Use and copyright information, as well as other details about the photo such as the date and the location, are available by clicking on the [detail] link under the thumbnail. See also: Using the Photos in CalPhotos .    Copyright © 1995-2010 UC Regents. All rights reserved. CalPhotos is a project of BSCIT     University of California, Berkeley