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 Messor orientalis EMERY, 1896 ( Figs 46–47 ) Material examined : Kerman Province, Kerman , 30°20'N 58°00'E , (2), April 2010 . Sweeping . Iranian records: Zanjan ( Hossein Nezhad et al. 2012 ). Distribution : Central Asia, Middle East, South East Europe ( TOHMÉ & TOHMÉ 1981 ; COLLINGWOOD 1985 ; COLLINGWOOD & AGOSTI 1996 ).