A revision of the Palaearctic species of the ant genus Cardiocondyla Emery 1869 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Seifert, Bernhard Zootaxa 2023 2023-04-28 5274 1 1 64 Seifert 2003 Seifert 2003 [151,568,835,861] Insecta Formicidae Cardiocondyla Animalia Hymenoptera 35 36 Arthropoda species israelica  Note: The holotypeand paratypeworkers from Tor ( Sinai), leg. W.Wittmer 1935.02.25were formerly labelled as syntypesof  Cardiocondyla elegans var. torretassoiFinzi 1936. However, after lectotypefixation for  C. torretassoiin the syntypeseries from Wadi Hoff, which definitely belongs to  C. nigra, this sample was available to serve as types of  C. israelica.   All material examined. Numeric phenotypical data were taken in 6 samples with 10 workersfrom Egypt(3 samples) and Israel(3). Fordetails see supplementary information SI1, SI2.  Geographic range. Sofar only known from five localities in Egyptand Israelin a small area from 31°Eto 36°Eand 28° Nto 31° N. The altitudinal range extends between  346 mbelow sea level and 378 mabove sea level.   Diagnosis: --Worker ( Tab. 2, Figs. 38–41, key, images under CASENT0913594 and ANTWEB 1040303 inwww. antweb.org). Medium-sized, CS 516 µm. Head moderately elongated, CL/CW 1.145. Postocular distance rather low, PoOc/CL 0.422. Scape moderately long, SL/CS 0.816. Eye rather large, EYE/CS 0.247. Occipital margin suggestively concave. Frons very broad (FRS/CS 0.268), frontal carinae slightly converging immediately caudal of FRS level (FL/FR1.046). Dorsal profile of promesonotum and of propodeum convex with a well-developed metanotal depression (MGr/CS 3.58 %). Spines moderately long (SP/CS 0.132), rather thin and more erected than in other species, spine axis in lateral view deviating 58° from longitudinal mesosomal axis; spine bases much approached, SPBA/CS 0.224. Petiole narrow, distinctly higher than wide (PeW/CS 0.285, PeH/CS 0.327), its node as wide as long, in profile with a moderately long peduncle that is about 1.35fold as long as high and with a moderately steep anterior slope of the node (about 58° relative to ventral profile), anteroventral petiolar dent reduced. Postpetiole relatively wide and high (PpW/CS 0.564, PpH/CS 0.303), in dorsal view heard-shaped, with a concave anterior margin and convex sides; postpetiolar sternite with weak anteromedian bulge. Median clypeus smooth and shiny, its lateral portions weakly longitudinally carinulate. Frontal laminae and anteromedian vertex longitudinally carinulate-rugulose. Vertex foveolae rather large (dFOV 17.0 µm), relatively deep and well-demarcated, bicoronate ( Fig. 41), densely-packed, interspaces much smaller than foveolar diameter. Dorsal promesonotum varying from almost smooth to longitudinally carinulate-rugulose, scattered foveolae are present. Lateral mesosoma and propodeum with well-developed microreticulum, metapleuron longitudinally carinulate-rugulose. Waist segments smooth and shiny but with a delicate microreticulum. First gaster tergite glabrous. Pubescence on gaster tergites long and relatively dense, PLG/CS 7.11 %, sqPDG 4.00. Rather concolorous medium brown with yellowish tinge.  Taxonomic comments and clustering results.  Cardiocondyla israelicacan be separated from  C. ulianini,  C. gallilaeica,  C. caspiense  n. sp.and  C. littoralisby its deeper, well-demarcated and densely-packed vertex foveolae and the stronger longitudinal sculpture on head and is placed apart from these species by exploratory data analyses of NUMOBAT characters.   Biology.Three samples from Egypt, provided by M.R. Sharaf, were collected from “a wild area with  Tamarixbushes and  Phragmiteswithin a cultivated, insecticide polluted surrounding.” 4098984324 1980-03-21 1980-03-22 1980-03-21 MCZ W. Wittmer & Kugler Israel Israel 35 36 1 1 holotype 4098984394 Egypt For 35 36 10 10