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
).