Contents Ants from Iran - MYRMICINAE - excluding Messor

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Notes: Species are shown on linked pages. These are in one of three formats - "Ants of (sub-Saharan) Africa" pages; "Ants of Egypt" pages; "Ants from Iran" pages. ¤ = compared with type images (or type of subspecies, etc.)

Genera on this page: Aphaenogaster, Cardiocondyla, Crematogaster, Leptothorax, Monomorium, Myrmica, Pheidole, Solenopsis, Strongylognathus, Temnothorax, Tetramorium and Trichomyrmex


Aphaenogaster

MYRMICINAE
Aphaenogaster gibbosa (Latreille)
M Ghatei - 35 - Shaft, Guilan, 22.vi.2014
F Borjali - 17 - Lahijan, 17.vii.2014; 19 - Chaboksar, 6.ix.2014
P 2008 N (Radchenko) probably = ANTWEB1008062 collected by O Paknia, Khoshyelagh, 03.vi.2007; see AntBase.net No. 00875 labelled A. kurdica but all characters and proportions match gibbosa. The size however is about twice, assuming the scales on the images are correct.
Aphaenogaster gibbosa
MYRMICINAE Aphaenogaster holtzi Emery
S Moradloo - 12 - Gholi Kandi, 2.v.2013 Aphaenogaster holtzi
MYRMICINAE
Aphaenogaster iranica Kiran, Alipanah & Paknia
Kiran, Alipanah & Paknia (2013) two locations, Mashad, 15.v.1999, M Ghasemi; Khoshyeylagh, 9.vi.2007, O Paknia

see AntBase.net No. 00859

Other records may be those listed below as A. splendida
Aphaenogaster iranica
MYRMICINAE
Aphaenogaster kurdica Ruzsky
P 2008 N (Radchenko) also on Antweb CFH000010 (Firouzi 2010)

Mortazavi et al. (2015) associated with aphids, Razavi Khorasan.
No type images
Kiran, Alipanah & Paknia (2013) key by relatively short scapes, body sculpture relatively fine, light reddish brown
MYRMICINAE
Aphaenogaster obsidiana (Mayr)
Ghahari 2009 rice
No type images
Kiran, Alipanah & Paknia (2013) key by relatively short scapes, whole body rugulose, colour black
MYRMICINAE
Aphaenogaster splendida (Roger)
Mohammadi, Mossadegh & Esfandiari (2012) Fars Province (whole body reddish-yellow)

Ghahari 2015
Aphaenogaster splendida
MYRMICINAE
Aphaenogaster subterranea (Latreille)
F Borjali - 20 - Lahijan. 30.iv.2014

see AntBase.net No. 00864
Aphaenogaster subterranea
MYRMICINAE
Aphaenogaster syriaca Emery M Ghatei - 36 - Bame Sabz, Lahijan, Guilan, 18.vii.2014
F Borjali - 18 - Langarud, 18.vii.2014

P 2008 SW

ANTWEB1008050 Gorgan,  Ghorogh Park, S Shalchian, x.2003
Aphaenogaster syriaca

Cardiocondyla

MYRMICINAE
Cardiocondyla brachyceps Seifert
P 2008 S (Seifert)
Cardiocondyla brachyceps
MYRMICINAE
Cardiocondyla elegans Emery
M Ghatei - 37 - Lahijan, Guilan, queen; 38 - Shaft, Guilan

P 2008 N (Seifert, Radchenko)
Cardiocondyla elegans
MYRMICINAE
Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel
Mohammadi, Mossadegh & Esfandiari (2012) Shiraz, Fars Province

Ghahari 2011 ?
Cardiocondyla emeryi
MYRMICINAE
Cardiocondyla fajumensis Forel
P 2008 (Seifert 2003, type is a queen)
Cardiocondyla fajumensis
MYRMICINAE
Cardiocondyla mauritanica (Forel)
P 2008 (Seifert 2003)
Cardiocondyla mauritanica
MYRMICINAE
Cardiocondyla persiana Seifert
R Torabi - 26 - Enghelab Park, Shiraz, 30.vi.2014

P 2008 S (Seifert, 2003)
Cardiocondyla persiana
MYRMICINAE Cardiocondyla sahlbergi (Forel) (worker) F Safariyan - 18 - Sarab Lake, 4.ii.2014 - queen

P 2008 NW (Seifert, 2003)

Latibari et al. (2017) Mashhad, Khorasan-e-Razavi (misspelt "shalbergi").
Cardiocondyla sahlbergi
MYRMICINAE
Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel
Ghahari 2011 ?
Cardiocondyla shuckardi
MYRMICINAE
Cardiocondyla stambuloffii Forel
F Borjali - 21, Astaneh-ye Ashrafiyeh; 22 - Rodsar

P 2008 NW (Seifert, 2003)
Cardiocondyla stambuloffii
MYRMICINAE
Cardiocondyla ulianini Emery
O Paknia - ZMGU 1418 - Miankaleh, viii.2004
F Safariyan - 17 - Sarab Lake, 3.iv.2014, and, 22 - Vahdat Dam, 2.iv.2014 
Cardiocondyla ulianini
MYRMICINAE
Cardiocondyla unicalis Seifert
P 2008 W (Seifert, 2003)
Cardiocondyla unicalis

Crematogaster


MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Cr.) afghanica Pisarski O Paknia - ZMGU 053 - Fars Province, Lars City, ii.2002
M Seiri - 24 - 29.iv.2014
Crematogaster afghanica
MYRMICINAE
Crematogaster (Cr.) antaris Forel
P 2008 (Collingwood)

G 2019

? location unlikely; may be Cr. auberti.
Crematogaster antaris
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Cr.) auberti Emery
F Safariyan - 14 - Ghajoor Bridge, 3.vii.2014
R Afshari - 43 - Shah Ja'far, Semirom, 16.vii.2014

Ghahari 2011



Crematogaster auberti
MYRMICINAE
Crematogaster (Cr.) bogojawlenskii Ruzsky
P 2008 NE (Radchenko); no type images

MYRMICINAE
Crematogaster (Cr.) inermis Mayr
P 2008 N (Collingwood); may have been Cr. subdentata

Mortazavi et al. (2015) associated with aphids, Razavi Khorasan.
Crematogaster inermis
MYRMICINAE
Crematogaster (Cr.) laestrygon Emery
Ghahari 2015 ?
Crematogaster laestrygon
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Cr.) schmidti (Mayr)
E Aram - 21 - Kazaj, 21.vii.2012
M Ghatei - 39 - Rezvanshahr, Guilan, 23.vi.2014; 40 - Sangar, Guilan, 16.viii.2014
V H Kia - 41 - Kokab Park, Qom, 6.viii.2014
F Borjali - 23 - Langarud, 1.v.2014

P 2008 N (Crawley)

Mortazavi et al. (2015) associated with aphids, Razavi Khorasan.
Crematogaster schmidti
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Cr.) sorokini Ruzsky - no type images (but Iraq specimen?)
F Safariyan - 15 - Bijar, 1.iv.2014, and, Bijar, 4.ii.2014
F Heidary - 09 - Paghalat - 27.vi.2014
R Torabi - 27 - Eram Garden, 28.vi.2014??

P 2008 W (Radchenko)
Crematogaster sorokini
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Cr.) subdentata Mayr
O Paknia - ZMGU 527 - Miankaleh
R Nafisi - 20 & 21 - Soltanabad-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 27.vi.2012
G Abolfathi - 28 - Imam Huseyn Sq.,  Borujerd, 6.v.2014
R Afshari - 42 - Sadegh Abad, Semirom, 17.v.2014
Z Mahmoodi - 18 - Khargush Darreh Forest Park, 29.x.2015, and, 27 - Chagar Forest Park, 29.x.2015
R Jazini - 02 & 05 - Shahr Park, 30.iii.2015 & 27.v.2015

P 2008 N (Collingwood) see AntBase.net No. 00863, Kerman, Meymand, 9.ix.2003, O Paknia (a media worker)

Ghahari 2015

Mirzamohamadi et al. (2015) Golestan Province
Mortazavi et al. (2015) associated with aphids, Razavi Khorasan.
Latibari et al. (2017) Mashhad, Khorasan-e-Razavi.
Crematogaster subdentata
MYRMICINAE
Crematogaster (Cr.) warburgi Menozzi
G 2009 rice
Crematogaster warburgi
MYRMICINAE Crematogaster (Cr.) undet. Iran Safariyan 13
F Safariyan - 13 - Abider Park, 5.ii.201
R Torabi - 27 - Eram Garden, Shiraz, 20.vi.2014
Crematogaster undet Safariyan 13
MYRMICINAE
Crematogaster sordidula (Nylander) Mortazavi et al. (2015) associated with aphids, Razavi Khorasan.

No type images; right is of subspecies caspica
Crematogaster sodidula caspica
MYRMICINAE
Crematogaster (Sphaerocrema) n. sp. IR 19
Ghahari 2011, 2015
Presumably the form identified as Cr. (Sphaerocrema) luctans by Collingwood (1985)

Antweb CASENT0910243
Crematogaster IR19

Leptothorax

MYRMICINAE
Leptothorax acervorum (Fabricius) P 2008 N (Taylor identified but I have no such specimen)

Leptothorax acervorum

Monomorium

Mohammadi, Mossadegh & Esfandiari (2012) Fars Province "Monomorium acutinode", perhaps = M. indicum

MYRMICINAE
Monomorium abeillei André
P 2009 SW

Ghahari 2011
Monomorium abeillei
MYRMICINAE
Monomorium areniphilum Santschi
Ghahari 2009, 2015
A North African species

Hosseini, Awal, Hosseini (2015), Mashad City (the scales on their Figs 14-16 appear to be grossly wrong, the body scale probably should be 0.5 mm and the head scale 0.25 mm)
Monomorium areniphilum
MYRMICINAE
Monomorium barbatulum Mayr
P 2010 Central Deserts
(genus now Trichomyrmex?)

CASENT0910233 & CASENT0910234, Isfahan Kashan Abuzeidabad, 14.v.2012, Kh. Nasiri (Monomorium sp 21)


Monomorium barbatulum
MYRMICINAE
Monomorium bicolor Emery
Ghahari 2011 ?
Monomorium bicolor
MYRMICINAE
Monomorium clavicorne André
Ghahari 2011 ?
Monomorium clavicorne
MYRMICINAE
Monomorium dentigerum (Roger)
P 2010 Nubo Sindian Desert - see AntBase.net No. 00819; Mond, 14.vii.2007, O Paknia

That matches the major workers of M. dentigerum and the junior synonym M. evansi  but the scale on the AntBase image is wrong by a factor of 2X, i.e reads 2.0 mm when it is 1.0 mm on the type lateral images.
Monomorium dentigerum
MYRMICINAE
Monomorium indicum Forel
F Heidary - 12 - Paghalat, 7.vii.2013
M Ghatei - 58 - Ghanavat, Qom, 9.v.2014
Z Mahmoodi - 14 & 38 - Khoosar National Park, 1.viii.2015 & 16.x.2015
Monomorium indicum
MYRMICINAE
Monomorium kusnezowi Santschi (revived status)
R Torabi - 37 - Hafezieh, Shiraz, 6.v.2014

P 2008 NE (Radchenko) see AntBase.net No. 00883, Monomorium sp. 2, Daranjir Protected area, 18.v.2008-21.v.2008, O Paknia

CSH000041, Zanjan, Yengje, 21.viii.2009, S Hosseinnezhad (Monomorium IR01)
Monomorium kusnezowi
MYRMICINAE Monomorium nitidiventre Emery
P 2008 S (Taylor)
O Paknia
- ZMGU 074 - Fars Province

Mortazavi et al. (2015) associated with aphids, Razavi Khorasan.
Monomorium nitidiventre
MYRMICINAE
Monomorium pharaonis (L.)
P 2008 S (Radchenko)
Monomorium pharaonis
MYRMICINAE
Monomorium ruzskyi Dlussky
P 2010 Alborz Central Deserts
(earlier Ruzsky as salomonis) see AntBase.net No. 00816, Monomorium ruzskyi, Khojir, 30.iv.2008, O Paknia, det. A Radchenko
Given the variability of the "subspecies and varieties" of M. salomonis, it is not possible to judge the merits of ruzskyi as a distinct species, specially without access to any type images.
No type images
MYRMICINAE Monomorium salomonis (Linnaeus) (subspecies) R Nafisi - 25 - Davarsan-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 15.x.2012; 26 - Davarsan-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 29.vi.2012; 27c - Sheshtamab-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 24.iii.2013
E Aram - 33 - Nowdeh, 24.vi.2012

P 2008 S (Menozzi)
ANTWEB0910232 - Isfahan Aranva Bidgol Maranjab, 27.ix.2011, Kh Nasiri
Monomorium salomonis
MYRMICINAE
Monomorium subopacum (F Smith)
G 2011 ?
Monomorium subopacum
MYRMICINAE
Monomorium venustum (F Smith)
G 2009 ?
Monomorium venustum

Myrmica

MYRMICINAE
Myrmica bergi Ruzsky
P 2008 N, NW (Radchenko)
Myrmica bergi
MYRMICINAE Myrmica constricta Karavaiev
O Paknia - ZMGU 635 - Amole, 2006
M Ghatei - 55 - Masai, Guilan, 16.v.2015
Myrmica constricta
MYRMICINAE
Myrmica deplanata Emery
 F Borjali - 28 - Khoshk-e Bijar, 16.vii.2014

Radchenko & Elmes (2010)
Myrmica deplanata
MYRMICINAE Myrmica gallienii no type image (subspecies)
S Moradloo - 03 - Gogje Ghiaye Markasi, 2.vii.2012
E Aram - 29 - Nemahil, 20.vi.2012; 31a - queen, Nemahil, 11.vii.2012
R Afshari - 56 - Hana, Semirom, 15.vii.2014; 68 - Sadegh Abad, Semirom, 15.v.2014
F Borjali - 29 - Rasht, 28.iv.2014; 41 - Rasht, 5.ix.2014 (queen)
Myrmica gallieni
MYRMICINAE
Myrmica hellenica Finzi
ANTWEB1008078 - Myrmica sp. 1, Asalem 7.vii.2008, O Paknia (also at AntBase.net No. 00858)
CFH000022 - Mazandaran, Babol, 19.vi.2009, F Firouzi
Myrmica hellenica
MYRMICINAE
Myrmica sabuleti Meinert
P 2008 N (Collingwood; not in Radchenko & Elmes, 2010)
No type images
MYRMICINAE
Myrmica specioides Bondroit
P 2010 Caspian (Radchenko & Elmes 2010) see AntBase.net No. 00874, Mazandaran, baboisar, 18.ix.2002, garden, O Paknia Myrmica specioides

Pheidole

MYRMICINAE
Pheidole cicatricosa Stitz
V H Kia - 60 - Salfchegan, Semirom, 12.ix.2014
Pheidole cicatricosa major
MYRMICINAE
Pheidole fervens F Smith
V H Kia - 26 - Koohe khezr, Qom, 16.v.2014
M Ghatei - 59 - Stahkhal, Guilan, 16.v.2015

P 2008 N & S (Collingwood, Cook, as P. teneriffana)

Ghahari 2011
Pheidole fervens major
MYRMICINAE
Pheidole latinoda Roger - no type images available
F Heidary - 14a - Lamerd, 7.vii.2013

Major workers
Pheidole latinoda
MYRMICINAE
Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius)
Ghahari 2009, 2011, 2015
doubtful

(no true type images)
Pheidole megacephala
MYRMICINAE Pheidole orientalis Emery
S Moradloo - 12 & 13 - Gholi Kandi, 2.v.2013
E Aram - 30 - Mazraeh, 16.vii.2012
Z Mahmoodi - 13, 16 & 21 - Chagar Forest Park - 30.iv.2015,  6.viii.2015 & 16.x.2015
F Jazini - 19 - Mellat Park, 6.x.2015
Major & minor workers
Minor worker CASENT0910221 Isfahan Natanz Hanjan, 9.v.2012, Kh. Nasiri

P 2008 NW (Collingwood) see AntBase.net No. 00853, "Pheidole pallidua" Mazandaran, Miankaleh, 14.iv.2005, O Paknia
Pheidole orientalis
MYRMICINAE Pheidole pallidula (Nylander) (subspecies) R Nafisi - 24 - Joghatay-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 16.x.2012; Nafisi 27 - Sheshtamab-Sabzevar-Khorasan, 24.iii.2013
S Moradloo - 03, Gogje Ghiaye Markasi, 2.vii.2012 & 11, Gholi Kandi, 1.v.2013
G Abolfathi - 39 - Gazza Sq.,  Borujerd, 1.vi.2014
M Seiri - 22
F Heidary - 14b - Lamerd, 7.vii.2013

Major & minor workers

Ghahari 2009
Mirzamohamadi et al. (2015) Golestan Province

Latibari et al. (2017) Mashhad, Khorasan-e-Razavi.
Pheidole pallidula
MYRMICINAE Pheidole providens (Sykes) (original drawing)
O Paknia - ZMGU 1353 - Gonbad, viii.2004 (probably listed as P. teneriffana in Paknia et al, 2008)
G Abolfathi - 38 - Ghiam Sq.,  Borujerd, 31.vii.2014
R Afshari - 61 - Semirom, Isfahan, 17.viii.2014
F Borjali - 31 - Anzali, 28.iv.2014

Major & minor workers

Mirzamohamadi et al. (2015) Golestan Province as ? P. teneriffana
Pheidole providens
MYRMICINAE
Pheidole sculpturata Mayr
Mohammadi, Mossadegh & Esfandiari (2012) Fars Province

G 2015

Highly unlikely
Pheidole sculpturata
MYRMICINAE
Pheidole sinaitica Mayr
P 2008 S (Cook)
Pheidole sinaitica
MYRMICINAE Pheidole (Ceratopheidole) smythiesii Forel (Aphaenogaster smythiesii?)
O Paknia - ZMGU 612 - Mazandarum; minors only; may well be Aphaenogaster smythiesii (Forel) (both types are available).
Pheidole smythiesii minor

Solenopsis

MYRMICINAE
Solenopsis fugax (Latreille)
 F Borjali - queens only - 39 & 42, Chaf, 5.ix.2014; 43 - Chuchesfahan, 4.ix.2014

P 2008 N (as Solenopsis cf. fugax, Collingwood)

Also ANTWEB1008085, Paknia Solenopsis sp.1, Asalem, 7.vii.2008, OPaknia; also at AntBase.net No. 00860

Note the relatively large eyes
Solenopsis fugax worker
MYRMICINAE
Solenopsis wolfi Emery
P 2008 N, possibly (as Solenopsis cf. latro, Collingwood)

Ghahari 2009 ?

Minor worker only known from the type location
Solenopsis wolfi

Strongylognathus

MYRMICINAE
Strongylognathus christophi Emery
F Borjali - 32 - Kelachay, 1.v.2014
M Ghatei - 62 - Shat, Guilan, 4.vi.2015

Strongylognathus christophi

Strumigenys

MYRMICINAE
Strumigenys argiola Emery
Golestan NP, O Paknia, 10.vi. 2008
in P 2010 as Pyramica sp-ir-golestan-01
see AntBase.net No. 00862

Strumigenys argiola

Temnothorax

MYRMICINAE
Temnothorax anodonta (Arnol'di)
P 2010 Caspian
No type images
MYRMICINAE
Temnothorax iranicus (Radchenko)
Radchenko (1994c)

P 2008 N (Radchenko)
Temnothorax iranicus
MYRMICINAE Temnothorax luteus (Forel)
O Paknia - ZMGU 1413 - Miankaleh, xi.2004 (earlier thought by me as possibly T. pallidus)
CFH000048 - Mazandaran, Babol, 21.vi.2009, F Firouzi

Note both these are darker in colour but otherwise identical in form to T. luteus
Temnothorax luteus
MYRMICINAE
Temnothorax nadigi (Kutter)
M Ghatei - 44 - Masal, Guilan, 3.vi.2015

P 2010 Caspian
Temnothorax nadigi
MYRMICINAE
Temnothorax parvulus (Schenck)
P 2010 N (Radchenko, ZMGU)
Temnothorax parvulus

Tetramorium

MYRMICINAE
Tetramorium armatum Santschi
P 2010 Alborz, Central deserts - see AntBase.net No. 00817, Turan, 8.v.2008, O Paknia Tetramorium armatum
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus) (subspecies) O Paknia - ZMGU 1354 - Gonbad, viii.2004 (listed as T. cf. caespitum in Paknia et al, 2008), ZMGU 523, 545 & 1401 - Miankaleh, xi.2004
S Moradloo - 17, Mahneshan, 29.vi.2013
E Aram - 31 - Nemahil, 11.vii.2012 (queen)
F Safariyan - 19 - Sarab Lake, 2.vii.2014, and, flavidulum form, 20 - Bijar Protected area, 5.ii.2014
M Ghatei - 63 - Fuman, Guilan, 22.vi.2014. and, fusciclava form, 45 - Revanshahr, Guilan, 16.v.2015; 64, Sangar, Guilan, 5.v.2015
R Afshari - 66 - Vanak, Semirom, 17.v.2014

P 2008 N & S (Cook)

Ghahari 2009

CFH000023; in Nezhad et al (2015) as Tetramorium moravicum, Mazandaran, 15.iv.2009, F Firouzi

Mirzamohamadi et al. (2015) Golestan Province
Tetramorium caespitum
MYRMICINAE
Tetramorium caldarium Roger
G 2011 ?
CASENT0910225 - Tetramorium sp 8, Isfahan Kashan Barzok, 10.v. 2012, Kh Nasiri
Tetramorium caldarium
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium chefketi Forel
G Abolfathi - 41 - Andishe Town, Borujerd, 7.viii.2014
R Borjali - 33 - Anzali, 28.iv.2014
F Jazini - 20 - Niavaran Park, 11.ix.2015

P 2008 N (Collingwood)

Ghahari 2009

CASENT0910226, Tetramorium sp 9, Ghom, 16.x.2011, Kh Nasiri

Hosseini, Awal, Hosseini (2015), Neysabur (sp IR-Neyshabur-01) - their Figs 11-13 have grossly wrong scales (giving TL ca 11 mm!) and despite their note "caespitum-complex" seems to be close to chefketi

CSH000031 & CFH000051; in Nezhad et al (2015) as Tetramorium forte, Zanjan, 22.viii.2009, S H Nezhad, &, Mazandaran, 8.vi.2009, F Firouzi
Mortazavi et al. (2015) associated with aphids, Razavi Khorasan.
Mirzamohamadi et al. (2015) Golestan Province
Tetramorium chefketi
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium davidi  Forel
S Moradloo - 19 - Gogje Ghiaye Markasi, 2.vii.2012
R Torabi -  40 -  Persepolis, Shiraz, 31.x.2014

P 2009 N (Collingwood)
Tetramorium davidi
MYRMICINAE
Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky
P 2008 S (Cook)
Tetramorium ferox
MYRMICINAE
Tetramorium feroxoides Dlussky & Zabelin
Queen from Guilan s/Astara; Csösz & Schulz (2010, illustration right, relatively light sculpture and notably wide pedicel segments)
No type images on Antweb
Hosseini, Awal, Hosseini (2015), Sabsevar City, Kohrasan - their Figs 5-7 of a queen differ from the C&S specimen in having noticeable sculture on the dorsal alitrunk which is almost smooth in the C&S queen but is shown on their illustration of the T. ferox queen.
Tetramorium feroxoides
MYRMICINAE
Tetramorium indocile Santschi
 R Afshari - 46 - Komeh, Semirom, 25.iv.2015
Z Mahmoodi - 15 - Nahjol Balaghe Park, 20.1v.15 (slightly larger than type)

CFH000051 - Tetramorium IR 01, Mazandaran, Babol Park, 08.iv.2009, F Firouzi
CSH000031 - Zanjan, Saeedabad SH 0148, 22.viii.2009, S Hosseinnezhad

CFH000024; in Nezhad et al (2015) as Tetramorium punicum, Mazandaran, 27.iv.2009, F Firouzi (note listed with CSH000033, below)
Tetramorium indocile
MYRMICINAE
Tetramorium inerme Mayr
P 2008 NE (Radchenko)

CASENT0910223 - Isfahan Kashan Estark, 8.v.2012, Kh Nasiri
Tetramorium inerme
MYRMICINAE
Tetramorium lanuginosum Mayr
Ghahari 2011 ?
Tetramorium lanuginosum
MYRMICINAE
Tetramorium punctatum Santschi
Ghahari 2009 ?
Tetramorium punctatum
MYRMICINAE
Tetramorium punicum F Smith
No type images, specimen shown right is from Iran but may be distinct from the "red" punicum with striated mandibles

S Moradloo - 19 - Glaiche Borlagh, 7.iii.2013

CSH000033; in Nezhad et al (2015) as Tetramorium punicum, Zanjan, 15.viii.2009, S Hosseinnezhad


Tetramorium nr punicum
MYRMICINAE
Tetramorium schneideri Emery
P 2010 Alborz
Tetramorium schneideri
MYRMICINAE
Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery
G 2011 ?
Tetramorium sericeiventre
MYRMICINAE Tetramorium striativentre Mayr - no type images available R Nafisi - 29 & 30 - Sabzevar-Khorasan, 23.xii.2012
F Safariyan - 21 - Sarab Lake, 2.vii.2014

P 2010 Central Deserts - see AntBase.net No. 00881, Khojir NP, 24.iv-1.v.2008, O Paknia

Hosseini, Awal, Hosseini (2015), Faruj City

Tetramorium striativentre
MYRMICINAE
Tetramorium sulcinode Santschi
Hosseini, Awal, Hosseini (2015), Kohrasan - possibly wrong as they had "head and gaster brown, mesosoma (alitrunk) yellowish brown, antennae and legs lighter than mesosoma in color" but Csösz et al's (2007) redescription had "whole body and appendages black". Their defining character is the presence of psammophore hairs on the underside of the head.
The Hossein et al specimen seems perhaps more likely to be T. ferox.
the scales on their Figs 2-4 differ with the head seemingly
Tetramorium sulcinode
MYRMICINAE
Tetramorium  n sp Iran
R Afshari - 67 - Bibi Seydan, Semirom, 17.v.2014
V H Kia - 65 - Kokab Park, Qom, 16.v.2014
Tetramorium nsp

Trichomyrmex

MYRMICINAE Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon)
(subspecies)
R Nafisi - 23 - Sabzevar-Khorasan, 23.xii.2012

Major & minor workers

P 2008 SW (Radchenko)
Trichomyrmex destructor
MYRMICINAE
Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel)
Ghahari 2011 ?
Trichomyrmex mayri
MYRMICINAE Trichomyrmex perplexus (Radchenko)
F Safariyan - 25 - Vahdat Dam, 2.iv.2014

P 2010 Alborz & central deserts - see AntBase.net No. 00818, "Monomorium perplexum", Khojir NP, 30.iv.2008, O Paknia
Trichomyrmex perplexus

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