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893:Cardiocondyla stambuloffii
573:Cardiocondyla koshewnikovi
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1171:"Notes on the ant genera
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903:Cardiocondyla strigifrons
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703:Cardiocondyla nigrocerea
593:Cardiocondyla littoralis
563:Cardiocondyla kagutsuchi
553:Cardiocondyla jacquemini
483:Cardiocondyla gallagheri
473:Cardiocondyla fajumensis
433:Cardiocondyla carbonaria
403:Cardiocondyla breviscapa
393:Cardiocondyla brachyceps
383:Cardiocondyla bicoronata
983:Cardiocondyla venustula
953:Cardiocondyla tjibodana
923:Cardiocondyla thoracica
873:Cardiocondyla shuckardi
853:Cardiocondyla semirubra
833:Cardiocondyla sahlbergi
793:Cardiocondyla parvinoda
733:Cardiocondyla obscurior
613:Cardiocondyla longinoda
603:Cardiocondyla longiceps
583:Cardiocondyla kushanica
543:Cardiocondyla israelica
507:Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
423:Cardiocondyla bulgarica
1221:Communications Biology
1003:Cardiocondyla wheeleri
973:Cardiocondyla unicalis
963:Cardiocondyla ulianini
933:Cardiocondyla tibetana
843:Cardiocondyla sekhemka
823:Cardiocondyla rugulosa
803:Cardiocondyla persiana
783:Cardiocondyla paranuda
773:Cardiocondyla paradoxa
653:Cardiocondyla minutior
533:Cardiocondyla insutura
443:Cardiocondyla cristata
413:Cardiocondyla britteni
363:Cardiocondyla atalanta
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993:Cardiocondyla weserka
943:Cardiocondyla tiwarii
763:Cardiocondyla papuana
713:Cardiocondyla nivalis
683:Cardiocondyla neferka
663:Cardiocondyla monardi
523:Cardiocondyla humilis
503:Cardiocondyla gibbosa
453:Cardiocondyla elegans
373:Cardiocondyla batesii
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345:Cardiocondyla elegans
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1023:Cardiocondyla yemeni
813:Cardiocondyla pirata
643:Cardiocondyla melana
623:Cardiocondyla luciae
463:Cardiocondyla emeryi
254:Cardiocondyla pirata
743:Cardiocondyla opaca
693:Cardiocondyla nigra
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1504:iNaturalist
1385:Wikispecies
1173:Romblonella
967:Emery, 1889
897:Forel, 1892
877:Forel, 1891
837:Forel, 1913
797:Forel, 1902
777:Emery, 1897
697:Forel, 1905
657:Forel, 1899
637:Forel, 1890
477:Forel, 1913
467:Forel, 1881
457:Emery, 1869
437:Forel, 1907
427:Forel, 1892
377:Forel, 1894
367:Forel, 1915
340:Outbreeding
333:Romblonella
321:Leptothorax
306:Description
240:Emery, 1917
230:Prosopidris
219:Forel, 1890
180:Emery, 1869
124:Subfamily:
108:Hymenoptera
1625:Ant genera
1620:Myrmicinae
1614:Categories
1272:(2): 1–26.
1227:(1): 515.
1118:11 October
1109:antweb.org
1068:Bolton, B.
1054:References
717:Mann, 1919
537:Zhou, 2001
316:morphology
300:subtropics
284:Myrmicinae
194:69 species
128:Myrmicinae
118:Formicidae
88:Arthropoda
281:subfamily
270:Old World
237:Xenometra
187:Diversity
74:Kingdom:
68:Eukaryota
1426:BugGuide
1376:Q1941598
1370:Wikidata
1251:33941829
1101:"Genus:
1070:(2014).
258:paratype
201:Synonyms
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78:Animalia
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1584:1021159
1522:1092703
1496:1317100
1242:8093424
1085:20 July
355:Species
296:tropics
279:in the
223:Loncyda
216:Emeryia
209:Dyclona
144:Genus:
134:Tribe:
104:Order:
98:Insecta
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1535:574042
1431:515563
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1184:Psyche
1113:AntWeb
1080:AntCat
268:is an
1592:Plazi
1517:IRMNG
1509:68967
1470:81086
1457:49197
1444:62KFW
273:genus
155:Emery
1556:NCBI
1530:ITIS
1491:GBIF
1418:6427
1413:BOLD
1247:PMID
1175:and
1120:2013
1087:2014
330:and
298:and
277:ants
159:1869
1543:NBN
1452:EoL
1439:CoL
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