Iraq

Iraq
Location
Region	Asia
Subregion	Western Asia
BioRegion	Palaearctic Region
Diversity
Subfamilies	2
Genera	11
Endemic Genera	0
% Endemic Genera	0.0%
Species/Subspecies	48
Endemic Species	3
% Endemic Species	6.3%
Introduced Species	0

The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Iraq. Unidentified and undescribed species will be added to this list as identifications are verified and taxonomic revisions are published. This species list is based upon the effort of many ant collectors as well as myrmecologists who have published on the taxonomy of Iraq ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Iraq Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Camponotus

• Camponotus cilicicus Emery, 1908
• Camponotus evansi Crawley, 1920
• Camponotus fellah Emery,, 1891
• Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
• Camponotus interjectus Mayr, 1877
• Camponotus kurdistanicus Emery, 1898
• Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890
• Camponotus oasium ninivae Pisarski, 1971
• Camponotus riedeli Pisarski, 1971
• Camponotus ruzskyellus Forel, 1922
• Camponotus shaqualavensis Pisarski, 1971
• Camponotus staryi Pisarski, 1971
• Camponotus vogti Forel, 1904
• Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1904

Cardiocondyla

• Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel 1890

Cataglyphis

• Cataglyphis alibabae Pisarski, 1965
• Cataglyphis fortis (Forel, 1902)
• Cataglyphis isis Forel, 1913
• Cataglyphis kurdistanica Pisarski, 1965
• Cataglyphis lutea Pisarski, 1967

Crematogaster

• Crematogaster auberti Emery, 1869
• Crematogaster jehovae crawleyi Emery, 1926
• Crematogaster luctans Forel, 1907

Lepisiota

• Lepisiota syriaca (André, 1881)

Messor

• Messor aralocaspius (Ruzsky , 1902)
• Messor buettikeri Collingwood, 1985
• Messor decipiens Santschi, 1917
• Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
• Messor medioruber Santschi, 1910
• Messor meridionalis (André, 1882)
• Messor minor (André, 1882)
• Messor obscurior Pashaei Rad et al., 2018
• Messor orientalis (Emery,1896)
• Messor picturatus Santschi, 1927
• Messor semirufus (André,1882)
• Messor striaticeps (André,1882)
• Messor syriacus Santschi, 1927

Monomorium

• Monomorium buxtoni Crawley, 1920
• Monomorium carbonarium (Smith, 1858)
• Monomorium pallidum Donisthorpe, 1918
• Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Nylanderia

• Nylanderia sindbadi (Pisarski, 1960)

Pheidole

• Pheidole minuscula Bernard, 1951
• Pheidole sinaitica Mayr,1862

Tetramorium

• Tetramorium depressiceps Menozzi, 1933

Trichomyrmex

• Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851) (as Monomorium gracillimum (Smith) in Abdul-Rassoul et al., 2013)
• Trichomyrmex evansi (Donisthorpe, 1918)
• Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902) (as Monomorium karawajewi Forel in Abdul-Rassoul et al., 2013.)

References

• M. S. Abdul-Rassoul, H. B. Ali and R. SH. Augul .(2013). New Records of Unidentified Ants worker (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) stored in Iraqi Natural History Museum with key to Species. Adv. Biores., Vol 4 (2): 27-33.
• Aneed, I.K., Augul, R.S., Al-Bahadyli, L.J.M. 2018. New additional records for ant fauna from Iraq. Pakistan Entomologist 40(2): 63-70.
• [1] Pisarski, B. 1971b. Les fourmis du genre Camponotus Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) d'Iraq. Bull. Acad. Pol. Sci. Sér. Biol. 19: 727-731