Cardiocondyla batesii group

Eye very large, EYE/CS 0.263 ±0.08 [0.246, 0.283]; postocular distance very small, PoOc/CL 0.368 ± 0.016 [0.311, 0.397]; head rather long, CL/CW 1.176 ± 0.023 [1.125, 1.256]; metanotal depression always present, MGr/ CS 3.51 ±0.82 [0.9, 5.6]%; propodeal spines short, SP/CS 0.100 ± 0.013 [0.069, 0.130]; pubescence on first gaster tergite rather short, PLG/CS 5.50 ± 0.43 [4.48, 6.94]%; postpetiolar sternite without any protrusions. Nine species from the southern zone of the West Palaearctic, tramp species unknown: Cardiocondyla batesii Forel 1894, C. nigra Forel 1905, C. kushanica Pisarski 1967, C. brachyceps Seifert 2003, C. opistopsis Seifert 2003, C. rugulosa Seifert 2003, C. semirubra Seifert 2003, C. tenuifrons Seifert 2003 and C. verdensis n. sp.