family

FORMICIDAE

subfamily

Myrmicinae

genus

Cardiocondyla


ITIS

 

genus of Cardiocondyla sp.6

Hymenoptera On-Line

 

Cardiocondyla

FORMIS

 

genus of Cardiocondyla sp.6



species

Cardiocondyla sp.6


Japanese Name

Iou-hadaka-ari

Original Reference

Description

Total length of workers around 1.5 mm. Bicolored: head, mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole yellowish brown; gaster black; legs yellowish brown. Antennae yellowish brown except for the club, which is dark brown. Head rectangular; occipital border almost straight. Eyes relatively large and convex. Scapes not reaching occipital border of head. Mandibles each with 5 teeth; apical tooth largest, the others gradually smaller. Promesonotal area depressed, almost straight in profile; pronotal humeri slightly angulate in dorsal view. Metanotal groove indistinct. Dorsal outline of propodeum weakly convex in profile; propodeal spines longer than their basal width. Petiole with a relatively long peduncle and high node. Anterior margin of postpetiole convex in dorsal view. Head, mesosoma, petiole and postpetiole shagreened; gaster smooth.

Remarks

Known only from Iwo-jima island.

Distribution

Volcano Islands (Iwo-jima island).

References

Editor

Oliginal text and English translation by Mamoru Terayama.