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 meridionalis (ANDRÉ, 1883) ( Figs 44–45 ) Material examined : Kerman Province , Rafsanjan , 30°30'N 55°40'E , (3), June 2011 . Pitfall traps . Iranian records: Sistan & Baluchestan ( Ghahari et al. 2010a ; Ghahari & Collingwood 2011 ), North and Southwest of Iran ( Ardeh 1994 ). Distribution : Palearctic Region: Central Asia, Middle East, Arabian Peninsula ( Saudi Arabia , Kuwait , UAE ) ( COLLINGWOOD 1985 ; COLLINGWOOD & AGOSTI 1996 ).