Iran



Gary D. Alpert: Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University

The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in Iran. 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 Iranian ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the Iranian Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

A

 * Aenictus dlusskyi 	Arnol’di, 1968


 * Anochetus evansi 	Crawley, 1922


 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster kurdica Ruzsky, 1905


 * Aphaenogaster obsidiana Mayr, 1861


 * Aphaenogaster syriaca Emery, 1908

C

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)


 * Camponotus armeniacus Arnoldi, 1967


 * Camponotus atlantis Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892


 * Camponotus cecconii Emery, 1908


 * Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877


 * Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878


 * Camponotus kopetdaghensis Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985


 * Camponotus libanicus Andre, 1881


 * Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1782)


 * Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus oertzeni Forel, 1889


 * Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904


 * Camponotus thoracicus (Fabriciu, 1804)


 * Camponotus turkestanicus Emery, 1887


 * Camponotus vogti Forel, 1906


 * Camponotus xerxes  Forel, 1904


 * Cardiocondyla brachyceps 	Seifert, 2003


 * Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869


 * Cardiocondyla fajumensis Forel, 1913


 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890


 * Cardiocondyla persiana 	Seifert, 2003


 * Cardiocondyla sahlbergi Forel, 1913


 * Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892


 * Cardiocondyla unicalis 	Seifert, 2003


 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)


 * Cataglyphis altisquamis (Andre, 1881)


 * Cataglyphis auratus Menozzi, 1922


 * Cataglyphis bellicosus (Karavaiev, 1924)


 * Cataglyphis bucharicus Emery, 1925


 * Cataglyphis cuneinodis Arnoldi, 1964


 * Cataglyphis foreli (Ruzsky, 1903)


 * Cataglyphis frigidus persicus Emery, 1906


 * Cataglyphis lividus 	André, 1881


 * Cataglyphis niger (Andre, 1881)


 * Cataglyphis nigripes Arnoldi, 1964


 * Cataglyphis nodus (Brulle, 1833)


 * Cataglyphis nodus drusa Santschi, 1929


 * Cataglyphis ruber (Forel, 1903)


 * Cataglyphis semitonsus Santschi, 1929


 * Cataglyphis setipes (Forel, 1894)


 * Crematogaster antaris Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster bogojawlenskii Ruzsky, 1905


 * Crematogaster inermis Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster schmidti (Mayr, 1853)


 * Crematogaster sorokini Ruzsky, 1905


 * Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877


 * Crematogaster warburgi Menozzi, 1933

D

 * Dorylus species

F

 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1790


 * Formica glauca Ruzsky, 1896


 * Formica lusatica Seifert, 1997


 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793


 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798

L

 * Lasius alienus (Forster, 1850)


 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)


 * Lasius emerginatus (Oliver, 1792)


 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)


 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasafalvy, 1990


 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991


 * Lasius turcicus Santschi, 1921


 * Lepisiota bipartita (Smith, F., 1861)


 * Lepisiota dolabellae (Forel, 1911)


 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi karavaievi Ugamsky, 1929


 * Lepisiota karavaievi Pisarski, 1967


 * Lepisiota maura Santschi, 1920


 * Lepisiota semenovi (Ruzsky, 1905)


 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868


 * Liometopum microcephalum] (Panzer, 1798)

M

 * Messor alexandri Thome & Thome, 1981


 * Messor caducus (Victor, 1839)


 * Messor concolor Santschi, 1927


 * Messor darianus Pisarski, 1967


 * Messor dentatus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor denticulatus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)


 * Messor incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929


 * Messor meridionalis (Andre, 1883)


 * Messor medioruber Santschi, 1910


 * Messor minor (Andre, 1883)


 * Messor rufotestaceus (Forster, 1850)


 * Messor semirufus (Andre, 1883)


 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798)


 * Messor structor platyceras Crawley, 1920


 * Messor sultanus Santschi, 1917


 * Monomorium abeillei Andre, 1881


 * Monomorium areniphilum Santschi, 1911


 * Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Monomorium kusnezovi Santschi, 1928


 * Monomorium nitideventre Emery, 1893


 * Monomorium pharaonis (Lineaus, 1758)


 * Monomorium salomonis (Linaeus, 1758)


 * Monomorium venustum Smith, F., 1858


 * Myrmica bergi Ruzsky, 1902


 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861

N

 * Nylanderia flavipes (Smith, F., 1874)


 * Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)

P

 * Pachycondyla sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)


 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)


 * Pheidole megacephala Fabricius, 1793


 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)


 * Pheidole sinaitica Mayr, 1862


 * Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893


 * Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889


 * Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920


 * Polyrhachis lacteipennis Smith, F., 1858


 * Ponera species

S

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Solenopsis wolfi Emery, 1915

T

 * Tapinoma erraticum (atreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma festae Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma karavaievi Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma simrothi karavaievi Emery, 1925


 * Temnothorax iranicus 	Radchenko, 1994


 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911


 * Tetramorium davidi Forel, 1911


 * Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903


 * Tetramorium inerme Mayr, 1877


 * Tetramorium punctatum Santschi, 1927


 * Tetramorium taruocaucasicum Arnoldi, 1977

REFERENCES:


 * Omid Paknia, Alexander Radchenko, Helen Alipanah & Martin Pfeiffer, 2008. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran.  Myrmecological News 11: 151-159


 * Hassan Ghahari, Cedric A. Collingwood, Mehrdad Tabari, & Hadi Ostovan, 2009. Faunistic notes on Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) of rice fields and surrounding grasslands in northern Iran.  Mun. Ent. Zool. 4 (1): 184-189