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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.

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.

Taxonomy & nomenclature

ITIS nomenclature info for Cardiocondyla emeryi
Nomenclatural information about Cardiocondyla emeryi is provided by ITIS.

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.

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.

Images

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).

Distribution

Exotic ants in the Canary Islands View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Exotic ants of the Canaries are reviewed (Vieraea, 2003).

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).

Ants of Tonga (abstract) View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Tonga has 53 species of ants, based on this review of published and new records (Pacific Science, 2002).

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

Stealthy invaders: the biology of Cardiocondyla tramp ants View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Cardiocondyla tramp species are characterized by polygyny, intranidal mating, budding, worker sterility, low genetic variability, and possibly unicoloniality, all of which contribute to their success as invaders (Insectes Sociaux, 2006).

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.

Live and let die: why fighter males of the ant Cardiocondyla kill each other but tolerate their winged rivals View info about Adobe Acrobat PDF format
Unusual mating and intraspecies aggression of the Cardiocondyla ants are addressed here (Behavioral Ecology, 2003).

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