Cardiocondyla elegans

Cardiocondyla elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Genus:	Cardiocondyla
Species:	C. elegans
Binomial name
*Cardiocondyla elegans* Emery, 1869
Synonyms
Cardiocondyla provincialis Bernard Cardiocondyla semenowi Forel Cardiocondyla schkaffi Arnoldi Cardiocondyla santschii Forel Xenometra gallica Bernard

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

References

^ Genetic structure and reproductive strategy of the ant Cardiocondyla elegans: strictly monogynous nests invaded by unrelated sexuals. Lenoir JC, Schrempf A, Lenoir A, Heinze J, Mercier JL., Mol Ecol. 2007 Jan;16(2) pp. 345-354, PubMed, doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03156.x

Emery, C. 1869: Enumerazione dei Formicidi che rinvengonsi nei contorni di Napoli. Annali dell'Accademia degli Aspiranti Naturalisti, (2)2: 1-26.
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): 1-7. doi:10.1007/s00040-005-0847-4