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Cardiocondyla minutior (Forel, 1899)

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© Jack Longino, Evergreen State College, 2004 Cardiocondyla minutior, worker, top	© Jack Longino, Evergreen State College, 2004 Cardiocondyla minutior, worker, side
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http://www.evergreen.edu/ants/genera/cardiocondyla/species/minutior/minutior.html ---> http://academic.evergreen.edu/projects/ants/genera/cardiocondyla/species/minutior/minutior.html Cardiocondyla minutior Forel 1899 Myrmicinae, Formicidae, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Arthropoda, Animalia Range A cosmopolitan tramp species, widespread in the tropics (Seifert 2003). Identification Propodeal suture not impressed; mesosoma dark brown, concolorous with gaster; propodeal spines relatively short. 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 in the town square of La Cruz in Guanacaste Province ( C. emeryi were in the same collection), and I have seen a collection of workers from an Anacardium trunk in Pavones. Alate queens have been collected in Malaise traps at La Selva Biological Station. John Noyes collected workers in sweepnet samples from Arenal National Park. 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 . Go back to top Go to Ants of Costa Rica Homepage