New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Author Paknia, O. Author Radchenko, A. Author Pfeiffer, M. text Asian Myrmecology 2010 3 29 38 http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf journal article 23045 Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918 Material: 8 $, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests, Babolsar, in urban area ( 36°42'30''N , 52°38'04''E ), 10 m asl, 18.IX.2002 , leg. Omid Paknia . Remarks: This species has a very wide distribution that includes Europe (northwards to the south of England and Denmark), the Caucasus, Anatolia, Turkmenistan, southwest Siberia and northern Kazakhstan, eastwards to the Altai Mountains (Radchenko & Elmes 2004; Radchenko 1994b); it was introduced to North America (Jansen & Radchenko 2009).