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Cardiocondyla emeryi
(Formicidae)

 
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Species description or overview

Description of Cardiocondyla (Emery)
The genus Cardiocondyla comprises about 40 species. This overview provides a map of the distribution of Cardiocondyla.

Taxonomy & nomenclature

Cardiocondyla emeryi information from ITIS
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System ITIS provides authoritative taxonomic information on Cardiocondyla emeryi, as well as other plants, animals, fungi, and microbes of North America and the world.

Cardiocondyla emeryi (Forel, 1881) taxonomic information from ITIS
ITIS, the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, lists taxonomic data for Cardiocondyla emeryi and allows searches of other databases.

Identification

Key to ant species in Hawaii
13 physical characteristics are the basis of this computer-assisted key for identifying the 48 species of ants in Hawaii.

AntWeb field guide to the ant species of Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Images of 20 of the ant species of Hawaii help to identify the species.

Prevention

Change in Quarantine Action Policy for Ants Intercepted from Commodities Destined to the State of Hawaii
A policy change regarding quarantine action for ants intercepted from commodities in Hawaii is detailed here. The revised policy went into effect 10 April 2002.

Images

Cardiocondyla emeryi images (Starr)
Images of Cardiocondyla emeryi (Formicidae) (cardiocondyla ant are provided by from Forest and Kim Starr.

Cardiodondyla emeryi images compiled by Discover Life
Images of the ant Cardiocondyla emeryi have been compiled from various web-based sources and are presented on the Discover Life website.

Cardiocondyla emeryi information from Antweb
Information about the ant Cardiocondyla emeryi--including distribution and images--is provided on Antweb (California Academy of Science).

AntWeb field guide to Cardiocondyla emeryi of Hawaii View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Detailed images of preserved Cardiocondyla emeryi are presented by AntWeb.

Ants in Hawaii images
Images of many ant species found in Hawaii are on this page of photos taken by Neil Reimer, Hawaii State Department of Agriculture.

Distribution

Status and distribution of ants in the Crater District of Haleakala National Park (abstract)
Possible impacts of three species of ants on endemic flightless insects in the Haleakala Park area are discussed (Pacific Science, 1982).

Cardiocondyla emeryi information from Antweb
Information about the ant Cardiocondyla emeryi--including distribution and images--is provided on Antweb (California Academy of Science).

Checklist of the ants of Fiji (Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 2006). View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
This checklist of the ants of Fiji includes 138 currently valid species and subspecies: 91 Fijian endemics, 22 wide-ranging Pacific natives, and 25 exotics.

Full-text articles

Alternative reproductive tactics and their consequences in the ant genus Cardiocondyla (PhD thesis) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
The alternative reproductive tactics, including male and female dimorphism, contribute to success of the Cardiocondyla group.

Discussion forums

Pacific Ant Group e-mail list (PAG-L@HAWAII.EDU)
The Pacific Ant Group discussion forum facilitates communication toward preventing establishment of Red Imported fire ant and other invasive ants on Pacific islands.

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