A contribution to the study of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Eastern Iran.

Authors

  • Hassan Ghahari
  • Mostafar R. Sharaf
  • Abdulrahman S. Aldawood
  • Cedric Alex Collingwood

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21248/contrib.entomol.65.2.341-359

Abstract

A faunistic inventory of several regions of eastern Iran revealed 30 ant species belonging to 17 genera (Aphaenogaster Mayr 1853, Camponotus Mayr 1861, Cataglyphis Foerster 1850, Crematogaster Lund 1831, Dolichoderus Lund 1831, Formica Linnaeus 1758, Lasius Fabricius 1804, Lepisiota Santschi 1926, Linepithema Mayr 1866, Messor Forel 1890, Monomorium Mayr 1855, Plagiolepis Mayr 1861, Pachycondyla Smith 1858, Pheidole Westwood 1839, Polyrhachis Smith 1857, Solenopsis Westwood 1840, Tapinoma Foerster 1850. Two species, Crematogaster laestrygon Emery, 1869 and Camponotus adenensis Emery, 1893 are recorded for the first time from Iran. The majority of species were widespread taxa. No apparently endemic species were collected. Information on local and world distribution of collected species is presented.

Keywords

Palearctic region, Middle East, distribution, list, new record, Iran.

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Published

2015-12-21

How to Cite

Ghahari, H., Sharaf, M. R., Aldawood, A. S., & Collingwood, C. A. 2015: A contribution to the study of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Eastern Iran. - Contributions to Entomology = Beiträge Zur Entomologie 65(2): 341–359 - doi: 10.21248/contrib.entomol.65.2.341-359

Issue

Vol. 65 No. 2 (2015)

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