A contribution to the study of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Eastern Iran Author Ghahari, Hassan Author Sharaf, Mostafar R. Author Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. Author Collingwood, Cedric Alex text Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 2015 2015-12-21 65 2 341 359 https://www.contributions-to-entomology.org/article/view/1887 journal article 10.21248/contrib.entomol.65.2.341-359 0005-805X 5371041 Monomorium areniphilum SANTSCHI, 1911 ( Figs 48–49 ) Material examined : South Khorasan Province , Birjand , 32°32'N 58°50'E , (1), September 2009 . Handcollecting. Iranian records : Mazandaran ( Ghahari et al. 2009 ). Distribution : Palearctic Region, North Africa (COLLING- WOOD 1985), Arabian Peninsula ( Saudi Arabia , Kuwait , Oman , Yemen ) ( COLLINGWOOD & AGOSTI 1996 ), Afrotropical region ( Sudan , Mali , Niger , Senegal ) ( BOLTON 1987 ).