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

 * . Crematogaster auberti var. sorokini Ruzsky, 1905b: 494 (w.) TURKMENISTAN.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: Turkmenistan: Psreval, 28.iv.1898 (A. Semenov), Turkmenistan: Kara-Tepe, 15-22.vii.1901 (N. Sorokin).
 * Type-depository: ZMUM.
 * Combination in C. (Acrocoelia): Emery, 1922e: 142;
 * combination in C. (Crematogaster): Bolton, 1995b: 166.
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1912e: 660.
 * Subspecies of auberti: Crawley, 1922a: 85; Emery, 1922e: 142.
 * Subspecies of inermis: Emery, 1926: 4.
 * Status as species: Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 215; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 245; Bolton, 1995b: 163; Paknia, et al. 2008: 154; Borowiec, L. 2014: 69; Khalili-Moghadam, et al. 2019: 171.
 * Distribution: Iran, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan.

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.

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.
 * Crawley W. C. 1922. Formicidae. - A new species and variety. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 34: 85-86.
 * Dlussky G. M., O. S. Soyunov, and S. I. Zabelin. 1990. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp.
 * Khalili-Moghadam A., L. Borowiec, and A. Nemati. 2019. New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Chaharmahal va Bakhtiari Province of Iran with taxonomic comments. Polish Journal of Entomology 88 (2): 163–182.
 * Paknia O., A. Radchenko, H. Alipanah, and M. Pfeiffer. 2008. A preliminary checklist of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Iran. Myrmecological News 11: 151-159.
 * 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.