Messor turcmenochorassanicus

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

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

Nomenclature

 * . Messor clivorum subsp. turcmenochorassanicus Arnol'di, 1977b: 1639 (w.q.) TURKMENISTAN.
 * Type-material: 1 syntype worker, 1 syntype queen.
 * Type-locality: Turkmenistan: Chandyr river, Tutly, 27.x.1935, no. 6915 (K. Arnol’di).
 * Type-depository: ZMUM.
 * Status as species: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 227; Bolton, 1995b: 258; Paknia, et al. 2010: 33; Borowiec, L. 2014: 113.
 * Distribution: Iran, Turkmenistan.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
 * Paknia O., and M. Pfeiffer. 2014. Niche-based processes and temporal variation of environment drive beta diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in dryland ecosystems of Iran. Myrmecological News 20: 15-23.
 * Paknia, O., A. G. Radchenko, and M. Pfeiffer. "New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran." Asian Myrmecology 3, no. 29-38 (2010).
 * Pashaei Rad S., B. Taylor, R. Torabi, E. Aram, G. Abolfathi, R. Afshari, F. Borjali, M. Ghatei, F. Hediary, F. Jazini, V. Heidary Kiah, Z. Mahmoudi, F. Safariyan, and M. Seiri. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64(2): 145-159.