Asian Myrmecology: Archive - Volume 7

ASIAN
MYRMECOLOGY

Ecology and Distribution

Asian Myrmecology, Volume 7, pages 113-127, published August 2015
DOI: 10.20362/am.007011

New Faunistic Records of Formicidae (Insecta: Hymenoptera) from Iran’s Northeast

AFSANE HOSSEINI, MEHDI MODARRESAWAL & MOJTABA HOSSEINI*


Abstract:
The ant fauna in two northeastern province of Iran (Khorasan-e-Razavi and Khorasan-e-Shomali) was surveyed in 2003, 2005 and 2013. A total of 10 species belonging to 6 genera were identified; of which two species, Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi, 1927 and Tetramorium feroxoide Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985, were newly recorded for the Iranian ant fauna. By adding these two new records, the total number of ant species recorded from Iran has increased to 183.

Keywords:
Ant, Khorasan-e-Razavi, Khorasan-e-Shomali, Iran

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Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

*Corresponding author: m.hosseini@um.ac.ir



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