Iran



The following 148 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.

Aenictus

 * Aenictus dlusskyi 	Arnol’di, 1968

Anochetus

 * Anochetus evansi 	Crawley, 1922

Aphaenogaster

 * Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille, 1798)


 * Aphaenogaster iranica Kiran & Alipanah, 2013


 * Aphaenogaster kurdica Ruzsky, 1905


 * Aphaenogaster obsidiana Mayr, 1861


 * Aphaenogaster splendida Roger, 1859


 * Aphaenogaster syriaca Emery, 1908

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)

Camponotus

 * Camponotus aethiops (Latreille, 1798)
 * Camponotus armeniacus Arnoldi, 1967
 * Camponotus atlantis Forel, 1890
 * Camponotus buddhae Forel, 1892
 * Camponotus cecconii Emery, 1908
 * Camponotus fallax (Nylander, 1856)
 * Camponotus fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877
 * Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Camponotus gestroi Emery, 1878
 * Camponotus interjectus Mayr, 1877
 * Camponotus kopetdaghensis Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985
 * Camponotus kurdistanicus Emery, 1898
 * Camponotus lateralis Olivier, 1792
 * Camponotus libanicus André, 1881
 * Camponotus maculatus (Fabricius, 1782)
 * Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890
 * Camponotus oertzeni Forel, 1889
 * Camponotus piceus Leach, 1825
 * Camponotus sanctus Forel, 1904
 * Camponotus shaqualavensis Pisarski, 1971
 * Camponotus staryi Pisarski, 1971
 * Camponotus thoracicus (Fabriciu, 1804)
 * Camponotus turkestanicus Emery, 1887
 * Camponotus vogti Forel, 1906
 * Camponotus xerxes  Forel, 1904

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla brachyceps 	Seifert, 2003
 * Cardiocondyla elegans Emery, 1869
 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881
 * Cardiocondyla fajumensis Forel, 1913
 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890
 * Cardiocondyla persiana 	Seifert, 2003
 * Cardiocondyla sahlbergi Forel, 1913
 * Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel, 1892
 * Cardiocondyla unicalis 	Seifert, 2003
 * Cardiocondyla ulianini

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849)
 * Cataglyphis altisquamis (André, 1881)
 * Cataglyphis aurata Menozzi, 1922
 * Cataglyphis bellicosa (Karavaiev, 1924)
 * Cataglyphis bergiana Arnoldi, 1964
 * Cataglyphis bucharica Emery, 1925
 * Cataglyphis cinnamomea (Karavaiev, 1910)
 * Cataglyphis cugiai Menozzi, 1939
 * Cataglyphis cuneinodis Arnoldi, 1964
 * Cataglyphis foreli (Ruzsky, 1903)
 * Cataglyphis frigida persica Emery, 1906
 * Cataglyphis kurdistanica Pisarski, 1965
 * Cataglyphis livida 	André, 1881
 * Cataglyphis longipedem (Eichwald, 1841)
 * Cataglyphis nigra (André, 1881)
 * Cataglyphis nigripes Arnoldi, 1964
 * Cataglyphis nodus (Brulle, 1833)
 * Cataglyphis pubescens Radchenko & Paknia, 2010
 * Cataglyphis rubra (Forel, 1903)
 * Cataglyphis semitonsa Santschi, 1929
 * Cataglyphis stigmata Radchenko & Paknia, 2010

Crematogaster

 * 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

Dolichoderus

 * Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (Linnaeus, 1771)

Dorylus

 * Dorylus species

Formica

 * Formica clara
 * Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1790
 * Formica glauca Ruzsky, 1896
 * Formica persica Seifert & Schultz, 2009
 * Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
 * Formica sanguinea Latreille, 1798

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)

Lasius

 * Lasius alienus (Forster, 1850)
 * Lasius brunneus (Latreille, 1798)
 * Lasius emarginatus (Oliver, 1792)
 * Lasius flavus Fabricius, 1728
 * Lasius lasioides (Emery, 1869)
 * Lasius neglectus Van Loon, Boomsma & Andrasafalvy, 1990
 * Lasius platythorax Seifert, 1991
 * Lasius turcicus Santschi, 1921

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota bipartita (Smith, F., 1861)
 * Lepisiota dolabellae (Forel, 1911)
 * Lepisiota frauenfeldi (Mayr, 1855) (as Lepisiota caucasica Santschi, 1917)
 * Lepisiota karawaiewi (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929)
 * Lepisiota melas Emery, 1915
 * Lepisiota nigra Dalla Torre, 1893
 * Lepisiota semenovi (Ruzsky, 1905)

Leptothorax

 * Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius, 1793)

Linepithema

 * Linepithema humile Mayr, 1868

Liometopum

 * Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798)

Messor

 * Messor alexandri Thome & Thome, 1981
 * Messor aralocaspius Ruzsky, 1902
 * Messor caducus (Victor, 1839)
 * Messor ceresis Santschi, 1938
 * Messor dentatus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor denticulatus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor excursionis Ruzsky, 1905
 * Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor galla (Mayr, 1904)
 * Messor incorruptus Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929
 * Messor meridionalis (André, 1883)
 * Messor medioruber Santschi, 1910
 * Messor minor (André, 1883)
 * Messor orientalis Emery, 1896
 * Messor picturatus Santschi, 1927
 * Messor rufotestaceus (Forster, 1850)
 * Messor semirufus (André, 1883)
 * Messor structor (Latreille, 1798) (Messor rufitarsis listed as a separate taxon by Nezhad et al., 2012)
 * Messor structor platyceras Crawley, 1920
 * Messor sultanus Santschi, 1917
 * Messor wasmanni Krausse, 1910

Monomorium

 * Monomorium abeillei André, 1881
 * Monomorium acutinode Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
 * Monomorium areniphilum Santschi, 1911
 * Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877
 * Monomorium dentigerum (Roger, 1862)
 * Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)
 * Monomorium indicum kusnezowi Santschi, 1928
 * Monomorium nitidiventre Emery, 1893
 * Monomorium perplexum Radchenko, 1997
 * Monomorium pharaonis (Lineaus, 1758)
 * Monomorium ruzskyi Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985
 * Monomorium salomonis (Linaeus, 1758)
 * Monomorium venustum Smith, F., 1858

Myrmecina

 * Myrmecina species

Myrmica

 * Myrmica bergi Ruzsky, 1902
 * Myrmica deplanata Emery, 1921
 * Myrmica hellenica Finzi, 1926
 * Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918
 * Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1861

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia flavipes (Smith, F., 1874)


 * Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole megacephala Fabricius, 1793
 * Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1849)
 * Pheidole sinaitica Mayr, 1862
 * Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866
 * Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis pallescens Forel, 1889
 * Plagiolepis pallescens maura Santschi, 1920
 * Plagiolepis schmitzii Forel, 1895
 * Plagiolepis taurica Santschi, 1920

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis lacteipennis Smith, F., 1858

Ponera

 * Ponera species

Proformica

 * Proformica epinotalis Kusnetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
 * Proformica nitida Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798)


 * Solenopsis wolfi Emery, 1915

Stenamma

 * Stenamma species

Strongylognathus

 * Strongylognathus species

Strumigenys

 * Strumigenys species

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma erraticum (atreille, 1798)


 * Tapinoma festae Emery, 1925


 * Tapinoma karavaievi Emery, 1925

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax anodonta (Arnoldi, 1977)


 * Temnothorax iranicus 	Radchenko, 1994


 * Temnothorax nadigi (Kutter, 1925)


 * Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck, 1852)

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium armatum Santschi, 1927


 * Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758)


 * Tetramorium chefketi Forel, 1911


 * Tetramorium davidi Forel, 1911


 * Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903


 * Tetramorium forte Forel, 1904


 * Tetramorium inerme Mayr, 1877


 * Tetramorium moravicum Kratochvil, 1941


 * Tetramorium punctatum Santschi, 1927


 * Tetramorium punicum Smith, 1861


 * Tetramorium schneideri Emery, 1898


 * Tetramorium striativentre Mayr, 1877