Crematogaster sorokini

Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran on parkland ground and trees in a moderate rainfall area.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 *  sorokini. Crematogaster auberti var. sorokini Ruzsky, 1905b: 495 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 142; in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166. Subspecies of inermis: Emery, 1926: 3. Raised to species: Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 215.

Taxonomic Notes
Pashaei Rad et al. (2018): A comparison of the type images strongly suggest that Crematogaster afghanica may be a simple junior synonym of Crematogaster auberti. Pisarski (1967) did not mention C. auberti apparently basing his separation on a comparison with Crematogaster sorokini. That also, however, seems almost indistinguishable from C. auberti and was described originally as a variety of C. auberti.