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 Formica glauca RUZSKY, 1896 ( Figs 20–21 ) Material examined : Razavi Khorasan Province , Neyshabour , 36°12'N 58°45'E , (4), June–August 2010 . Handcollecting . Iranian records: Kermanshah , Kordestan ( Ghahari & Collingwood 2013 ), Mazandaran ( Ghahari et al. 2008 , 2009 , 2010b ), Tehran ( Alipanah et al. 2000 ). Distribution : Formica glauca was described from Russian Federation ( RUZSKY, 1896 ), and reported from Iran ( ALIPANAH et al. 2000 , GHAHARI et al. 2008 , 2009 , 2010b , GHAHARI & COLLINGWOOD 2013 ), Afghanistan , Mongolia , and China ( WHEELER 1930 –1931; DLUSSKY 1967 ) and several countries of Europe including Bulgaria , Germany , Poland , Romania ( ATANASSOV & DLUSSKY 1992 ; SEIFERT & SCHULTZ 2009 ).