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<emphasis id="429B5210405D9C7CFF19644AFE2EAB50" box="[151,423,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Cardiocondyla israelica</emphasis>
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[
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investigated]
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This species has been described from
<collectingCountry id="08F8CE92405D9C7CFDCC646EFD0DAB8C" box="[578,644,871,897]" name="Israel" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Israel</collectingCountry>
. Investigated was the
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and
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, labelled “Tor (Sinai), 25.2.35,
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”;
<collectionCode id="16FE16C7405D9C7CFE696482FDADABA8" box="[487,548,907,933]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" type="Museum">MCZ</collectionCode>
Cambridge. Two
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workers labelled “Neot Hakikar,
<collectingCountry id="08F8CE92405D9C7CFB316482FA89ABA8" box="[1215,1280,907,933]" name="Israel" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Israel</collectingCountry>
,
<date id="0451A8C2405D9C7CFA856482FA11ABA8" box="[1291,1432,907,933]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" value="1980-03-21">
<collectingDate id="1415512A405D9C7CFA856482FA11ABA8" box="[1291,1432,907,933]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" value="1980-03-21">21. III. 1980</collectingDate>
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, leg.
<collectorName id="DD1AEBD4405D9C7CFF4964A6FE91ABC4" box="[199,280,943,969]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Kugler</collectorName>
” and “Ein Agrabim,
<collectingCountry id="08F8CE92405D9C7CFD8C64A6FDCAABC4" box="[514,579,943,969]" name="Israel" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Israel</collectingCountry>
,
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<collectingDate id="1415512A405D9C7CFDC164A6FD5FABC4" box="[591,726,943,969]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" value="1980-03-22">22. III 1980</collectingDate>
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, leg.
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”; SMN Görlitz
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.
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Note: The
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and
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workers from Tor (
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), leg. W.Wittmer
<date id="0451A8C2405D9C7CFB9664DBFB1FABE0" box="[1048,1174,978,1005]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" value="1935-02-25">1935.02.25</date>
were formerly labelled as
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of
<taxonomicName id="B7EFF581405D9C7CFEB964FEFCEDAC1C" authority="Finzi 1936" authorityName="Finzi" authorityYear="1936" box="[311,868,1015,1041]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cardiocondyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="variety" species="elegans" variety="torretassoi">
<emphasis id="429B5210405D9C7CFEB964FEFD6CAC1D" box="[311,741,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Cardiocondyla elegans var. torretassoi</emphasis>
Finzi 1936
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. However, after
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fixation for
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<emphasis id="429B5210405D9C7CFA8B64FEFA15AC1D" box="[1285,1436,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">C. torretassoi</emphasis>
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in the
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series from Wadi Hoff, which definitely belongs to
<taxonomicName id="B7EFF581405D9C7CFC056312FC63AC39" authorityName="Forel" authorityYear="1905" box="[907,1002,1051,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cardiocondyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nigra">
<emphasis id="429B5210405D9C7CFC056312FC63AC39" box="[907,1002,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">C. nigra</emphasis>
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, this sample was available to serve as types of
<taxonomicName id="B7EFF581405D9C7CFF766336FEF3AC54" authorityName="Seifert" authorityYear="2003" box="[248,378,1087,1113]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cardiocondyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="israelica">
<emphasis id="429B5210405D9C7CFF766336FEF3AC54" box="[248,378,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">C. israelica</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="429B5210405D9C7CFF19638FFE14ACAD" bold="true" box="[151,413,1158,1184]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">All material examined</emphasis>
.
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Numeric phenotypical data were taken in 6 samples with
<specimenCount id="66E9458B405D9C7CFB97638EFB1DACAC" box="[1049,1172,1159,1185]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" type="worker">10 workers</specimenCount>
from
<collectingCountry id="08F8CE92405D9C7CFB5B638EFA91ACAC" box="[1237,1304,1159,1185]" name="Egypt" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Egypt</collectingCountry>
(3 samples) and
<collectingCountry id="08F8CE92405D9C7CFF4963A2FE8CACC8" box="[199,261,1195,1221]" name="Israel" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Israel</collectingCountry>
(3).
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details see supplementary information SI1, SI2
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.
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<emphasis id="429B5210405D9C7CFF1963C7FEE4ACE4" bold="true" box="[151,365,1230,1257]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Geographic range</emphasis>
.
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far only known from five localities in
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and
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in a small area from
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to
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and
<geoCoordinate id="15DBE8C5405D9C7CFF1963FAFF50AD00" box="[151,217,1267,1293]" degrees="28" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" precision="55555" value="28.0">28° N</geoCoordinate>
to
<geoCoordinate id="15DBE8C5405D9C7CFF7363FAFECAAD00" box="[253,323,1267,1293]" degrees="31" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" precision="55555" value="31.0">31° N</geoCoordinate>
. The altitudinal range extends between
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<quantity id="B71723E7405D9C7CFD7063FAFCCCAD00" box="[766,837,1267,1293]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.46" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" unit="m" value="346.0">346 m</quantity>
below sea level and
<quantity id="B71723E7405D9C7CFBA163FAFBFFAD00" box="[1071,1142,1267,1293]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.78" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" unit="m" value="378.0">378 m</quantity>
above sea level
</elevation>
.
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<emphasis id="429B5210405D9C7CFF19621FFE83AD3D" bold="true" box="[151,266,1302,1328]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Diagnosis</emphasis>
: --Worker (
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,
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, key, images under CASENT0913594 and ANTWEB
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www. 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 (
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), 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.
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<emphasis id="429B5210405D9C7CFF1960CBFD3AAFD0" bold="true" box="[151,691,1986,2013]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Taxonomic comments and clustering results</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="429B5210405D9C7CFD4860CAFC53AFD0" box="[710,986,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Cardiocondyla israelica</emphasis>
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can be separated from
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<emphasis id="429B5210405D9C7CFB7A60CAFAF9AFD0" box="[1268,1392,1987,2013]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">C. ulianini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B7EFF581405D9C7BFA0D60CAFE86A8BC" authorityName="Seifert" authorityYear="2003" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cardiocondyla" kingdom="Animalia" lastPageId="36" lastPageNumber="37" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="gallilaeica">
<emphasis id="429B5210405D9C7BFA0D60CAFE86A8BC" italics="true" lastPageId="36" lastPageNumber="37" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">C. gallilaeica</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B7EFF581405A9C7BFE93679EFE23A8BD" authority="Seifert, 2023" authorityName="Seifert" authorityYear="2023" box="[285,426,151,177]" class="Insecta" family="Formicidae" genus="Cardiocondyla" kingdom="Animalia" order="Hymenoptera" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caspiense" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="429B5210405A9C7BFE93679EFE23A8BD" box="[285,426,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">C. caspiense</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="429B5210405A9C7BFE3F679EFE79A8BC" bold="true" box="[433,496,151,177]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="59A8EF6B405A9C7BFE3F679EFE79A8BC" box="[433,496,151,177]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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and
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<emphasis id="429B5210405A9C7BFDA8679EFD2EA8BC" box="[550,679,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">C. littoralis</emphasis>
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by 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.
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<subSubSection id="38F5DD89405A9C7BFF19660BFC74A94C" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="70508E02405A9C7BFF19660BFC74A94C" blockId="36.[151,1436,151,321]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
<emphasis id="429B5210405A9C7BFF19660BFF7EA911" bold="true" box="[151,247,258,284]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Biology.</emphasis>
Three samples from
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, provided by M.R. Sharaf, were collected from “a wild area with
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<emphasis id="429B5210405A9C7BFACE660AFA15A911" box="[1344,1436,259,284]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Tamarix</emphasis>
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bushes and
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<emphasis id="429B5210405A9C7BFE94662EFE12A94C" box="[282,411,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Phragmites</emphasis>
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within a cultivated, insecticide polluted surrounding.”
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