taxonID	type	description	language	source
AB31B4F73DF013E34AD802A5F341BF48.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 4?, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forest ecoregion, Gorgan, urban area (~ 36 ° 50 ' 23 '' N, 54 ° 26 ' 19 '' E), ~ 142 m asl, 1. IV 2006, leg Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
AB31B4F73DF013E34AD802A5F341BF48.taxon	discussion	Remarks: the species is distributed in Europe (northwards to southern Sweden), the Caucasus, Anatolia and northwestern Kazakhstan, and also reported from the southern part of western Siberia. Iran is at the southeasternmost edge of the known distribution of this species, that inhabits mainly light and dry deciduous and mixed forests, and often occurs in old parks and orchards. It nests in dead parts of living trees or in wooden constructions (Radchenko 1997 c; Czechowski et al. 2002).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
E157C76E631457C113C1A4492DCB6416.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 18 $, Alborz Range forest steppe, Golestan National Park (37 ° 20 ' 56 '' N, 56 ° 14 ' 46 '' E), 1256 m asl, 30. V 2007; 9?, Alborz Range forest steppe, Khoshyelagh Wildlife Refuge (36 ° 47 ' 41 '' N, 55 ° 28 ' 13 '' E), 1534 m asl, 3. VI. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
E157C76E631457C113C1A4492DCB6416.taxon	discussion	Remarks: C. interjectus is distributed in Central Asia and Afghanistan (Dlussky et al. 1990; Radchenko 1997 c) and recorded also from Iraq (Wheeler & Mann 1916) and Dagestan in Russia (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky 1929). It inhabits mainly mountain steppes; nests are built in soil, often under stones.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
0F72C0B43CBCE8E90051A733B62CFCE8.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 13?, transitional region between Alborz Range forest steppe and Central Persian deserts, Khojir National Park (35 ° 38 ' 54 '' N, 51 ° 43 ' 44 '' E), 1485 m asl, 1. V. 2008, leg. Omid Paknia; 2 $, Zagros Mountains forest steppe, Kurdistan, Bane (~ 35 ° 59 ' N, 45 ° 53 ' E), ~ 1557 m asl., summer 2004, leg. Shahin Mostafai.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
0F72C0B43CBCE8E90051A733B62CFCE8.taxon	discussion	Remarks: This species was known from Anatolia, Iraq and Azerbaijan (Emery 1898, 1925; Pisarski 1971; Radchenko 1997 c).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
35C003C1E0B32E6DA69E7685210C7892.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 8?, Alborz Range forest steppe, Khoshyelagh Wildlife Refuge (36 ° 48 ' 55 '' N, 55 ° 31 ' 54 '' E), 1701 m asl, 8. VI. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
35C003C1E0B32E6DA69E7685210C7892.taxon	discussion	Remarks: C. libanicus is distributed in the Middle East countries and Anatolia (Radchenko 1997 c). This species inhabits dry and semi-dry areas. Nests are built in soil.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
83C6DE6BF0698AE62FF1987784BA9444.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 4?, Nubo Sindian deserts, Kerman, urban area (~ 30 ° 16 N, 57 ° 04 ' E), ~ 1760 m asl, 26. V. 2004, leg. Shiva Sadeghirad.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
83C6DE6BF0698AE62FF1987784BA9444.taxon	discussion	Remarks: C. shaqualavensis was described from Iraq (Pisarski 1971) and additionally was recorded from Turkey (Aktac 1977; see also Radchenko 1997 b).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
42F431EDE791968035A6F4A9639785F1.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 23?, Zagros Mountains forest steppe, Dena Protected area (30 ° 54 ' N, 51 ° 25 ' E), 2683 m asl, 6. VII. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
42F431EDE791968035A6F4A9639785F1.taxon	discussion	Remarks: C. staryi was described from Iraq (Pisarski 1971). This is the first record of this species outside its type locality.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
F300864083A71D04D23A8BC45A085954.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 5 $, Central Persian deserts, Tabas (33 ° 36 ' 53 '' N, 57 ° 05 ' 36 '' E), 1083 m asl, 16. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
F300864083A71D04D23A8BC45A085954.taxon	discussion	Remarks: C. bergianus was known from Central Asia, southern Kazakhstan and Afghanistan (Pisarski 1967, 1970; Radchenko 1997 a).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
6CF0E54669760D0B5B989D7054CACC7E.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 3?, Central Persian deserts, Siahkooh National Park (32 ° 35 ' 57 '' N, 54 ° 13 ' 56 '' E), 995 m asl, 25. V. 2008, leg. Omid Paknia; 4?, Central Persian deserts, Turan National Park (35 ° 58 ' N, 56 ° 04 ' E), 1191 m asl, 16. VI. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia; 6 $, Central Persian deserts, South of Naeen (32 ° 43 ' 11 '' N, 53 ° 16 ' 42 '' E), 1372 m asl, 27. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
6CF0E54669760D0B5B989D7054CACC7E.taxon	discussion	Remarks: Outside of Iran, C. cinnamomeus was recorded from Central Asia, southern Kazakhstan (Karavaiev 1910) and Afghanistan (Pisarski 1967; Radchenko 1997 a). This species is the most thermophilous among Central Asian Cataglyphis, inhabiting mainly stony and clayey deserts. In mountain areas, it lives in dry parts of river valleys.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
21DB1ACE6D8DC5387B8E79A354C3B902.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 18?, Alborz Range forest steppe, Golestan National Park (37 ° 20 ' 57 '' N, 56 ° 14 ' 44 '' E), 1258 m asl, 30. V. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
21DB1ACE6D8DC5387B8E79A354C3B902.taxon	discussion	Remarks: This species was known only from the northwest of India, Karakorum region (Menozzi 1939; Radchenko 1997 a).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
CA5F366524A86C899B7D7A38054656B0.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 54 $, Zagros Mountains forest steppe, Dena Protected Area (30 ° 54 ' 45 '' N, 51 ° 24 ' 39 '' E), 2695 m asl, 7. VII. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia; 4?, Zagros Mountains forest steppe, Kurdistan, Bane (~ 35 ° 59 ' N, 45 ° 53 ' E), ~ 1557 m asl, summer 2004, leg. Shahin Mostafai.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
CA5F366524A86C899B7D7A38054656B0.taxon	discussion	Remarks: C. kurdistanicus was described from Iraq (Pisarski 1965) and recorded additionally from Anatolia (Aktac 1977; Radchenko 1997 a).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
1BC56C01A10B42BFD83CE1ECA9CAE4E5.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 1 C, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests, Talysh (37 ° 42 ' 19 '' N, 48 ° 53 ' 14 '' E), 66 m asl, 6. VII. 2008, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
1BC56C01A10B42BFD83CE1ECA9CAE4E5.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The genus Dolichoderus Lund comprises more than 130 species, distributed in all zoogeographic realms except Africa and Madagascar. Only one species, D. quadripunctatus, is known from the western Palaearctic. Its range covers central and southern Europe, central and southern parts of eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Anatolia, southwest Siberia, and the Tien-Shan range in Central Asia and China. This genus is new to Iran	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
CCA6AEF0B94C4993F58924DF33E263F8.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 21 $, Central Persian deserts, Kavir National Park (34 ° 45 ' 14 '' N, 52 ° 10 ' 07 '' E), 1092 m asl, 7. VI. 2008, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
CCA6AEF0B94C4993F58924DF33E263F8.taxon	discussion	Remarks: M. excursionis was recorded from Central Asia, Afghanistan and Mongolia (Karavaiev 1910; Staercke 1935; Pisarski 1967; Arnoldi 1970, 1977 a; Dlussky et al. 1990; Pfeiffer et al. 2006).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
5B6DB865D8EBCEB6570566A6682D32C2.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 3?, Zagros Mountais forest steppe, Kurdistan, Saggez (~ 36 ° 14 ' N, 46 ° 15 ' E), ~ 1481 m asl, 2004, leg. Shahin Mostafai; 4 $, Tehran, urban area (~ 35 ° 41 ' N, 51 ° 25 ' E), ~ 1162 m asl, 16. VII. 2005, leg. Nasim Vakhideh; 5 $, Mashad, urban area (~ 36 ° 17 ' N, 59 ° 35 ' E), ~ 985 m asl, leg. Nayereh Ghafarian.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
5B6DB865D8EBCEB6570566A6682D32C2.taxon	discussion	Remarks: M. oertzeni is known from the Balkans and Anatolia (Agosti & Collingwood 1987; Atanassov & Dlussky 2002). It belongs to the structor species-group, but reliable determination of many species from this group is impossible before a taxonomic revision is provided.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
47AB6AB4A32722EAD7B9714220598859.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 9 $, Alborz Range forest steppe, Khoshyelagh Wildlife Refuge (36 ° 47 ' 43 '' N, 55 ° 28 ' 12 '' E), 1536 m asl, 4. VI. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
47AB6AB4A32722EAD7B9714220598859.taxon	discussion	Remarks: This species was known only from Turkmenistan (Arnoldi 1970; Dlussky et al. 1990).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
223A8CAA7779021591A1FB57EF0B7A6C.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 8 $, Central Persian deserts, Turan National Park (35 ° 57 ' 48 '' N, 56 ° 05 ' 35 '' E), 1131 m asl, 12. VI. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia; 7 C, Central Persian deserts, Tabas (33 ° 36 ' 44 '' N, 57 ° 05 ' 45 '' E), 1083 m asl, 16. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia; 3?, Central Persian deserts, Siahkooh National Park (32 ° 35 ' 55 '' N, 54 ° 13 ' 59 '' E), 996 m asl, 25. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia; 5?, Central Persian deserts, Robat Posht Badam (32 ° 57 ' 26 '' N, 55 ° 32 ' 08 '' E) 1401 m asl, 20. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
223A8CAA7779021591A1FB57EF0B7A6C.taxon	discussion	Remarks: M. subgracilinodis was recorded from Turkmenistan (Arnoldi 1970, 1977 b; Dlussky et al. 1990).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
3B13DA48438412AFDD1BC77438B149FF.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 65?, Zagros Mountains forest steppe, Dena Protected Area (30 ° 54 ' 45 '' N, 51 ° 24 ' 3 9 '' E), 2627 m asl, 6. VII. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia; 7?, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests Nur, urban area (~ 36 ° 33 ' N, 51 ° 52 ' E), ~ 3 m asl, 17. III. 2005, leg. Masud Tavakoli.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
3B13DA48438412AFDD1BC77438B149FF.taxon	discussion	Remarks: Messor turcmenochorassanicus was recorded only from the Kopetdag Mountains in Turkmenistan (Arnoldi 1977 b; Dlussky et al. 1990).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
99BA806558985D791705A27AB5DDC290.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 4 $, Alborz Range forest steppe, Golestan National Park (37 ° 20 ' 57 '' N, 56 ° 14 ' 44 '' E), 1254 m asl, 28. V 2007, leg. Omid Paknia; 6?, Central Persian deserts, Kavir National Park (34 ° 45 ' 47 '' N, 52 ° 10 ' 24 '' E), 1051 m asl, 23. VI. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
99BA806558985D791705A27AB5DDC290.taxon	discussion	Remarks: M. variabilis is distributed in plains and foothills of Central Asia, where it inhabits different kinds of deserts (Arnoldi 1970, 1977 b; Dlussky et al. 1990).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
10F3435D9AC801F66E13918E494E0677.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 3?, Central Persian deserts, Robat Posht Badam (32 ° 57 ' 22 '' N, 55 ° 32 ' 09 '' E), 1406 m asl, 17. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia; 6?, Central Persian deserts, Tabas (33 ° 36 ' 57 '' N, 57 ° 05 ' 35 '' E), 1074 m asl, 15. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
10F3435D9AC801F66E13918E494E0677.taxon	discussion	Remarks: M. barbatulum has a wide distribution from the southeast of Europe (Astrakhan Province of Russia) to Central Asia and Afghanistan (Pisarski 1967; Tarbinsky 1976; Dlussky et al. 1990) and the Arabian Peninsula (Collingwood & Agosti 1996).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
983D0E2253DD2882318839FDA1BDDC6A.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 13?, Nobu Sindian deserts, Mond Protected Area (28 ° 07 ' 08 '' N, 51 ° 23 ' 50 '' E), 9 m asl, 14. VII. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
983D0E2253DD2882318839FDA1BDDC6A.taxon	discussion	Remarks: M. dentigerum can be found all over the Middle East (Radchenko 1997 d) and the Arabian Peninsula including Yemen (Collingwood & Agosti 1996).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
3D06C237E53DEE817A20507A251CA598.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 24 $, transitional region of Alborz Range forest steppe and Central Persian deserts, Khojir National Park (35 ° 39 ' 11 '' N, 51 ° 43 ' 37 '' E), 1462 m asl, 1. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
3D06C237E53DEE817A20507A251CA598.taxon	discussion	Remarks: Outside of Iran, the species is distributed in the Transcaucasus, Anatolia, the Aegean Islands and Greece (Radchenko 1997 d).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
008B2570FDC0F9A0222D8CAA6A494951.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 3 $, transitional region of Alborz Range forest steppe and Central Persian deserts, Khojir National Park (35 ° 38 ' 56 '' N, 51 ° 43 ' 45 '' E), 1466 m asl, 3. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
008B2570FDC0F9A0222D8CAA6A494951.taxon	discussion	Remarks: M. ruzskyi was recorded from the Transcaucasus, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan (Dlussky & Zabelin 1985; Arakelyan 1994).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
37740A8938819F2E41EBDE0BC638A347.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 8 $, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests, Ghaemshahr (36 ° 22 ' 16 '' N, 52 ° 50 ' 53 '' E), 155 m asl, 4. VI. 2008, leg. Omid Paknia; 4?, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests, Abpari (36 ° 30 ' 05 '' N, 51 ° 55 ' 58 '' E), 308 m asl, 22. VI. 2008, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
37740A8938819F2E41EBDE0BC638A347.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The genus Myrmecina Curtis consists of about 40 described species distributed in the Holarctic, South and Southeast Asia, Australia and South America. It is absent in the Afrotropical and Malagasy Regions. The highest speciosity occurs in the Oriental Region. In the western Palaearctic, there are four known species distributed from the Iberian Peninsula and Algeria to the Transcaucasus and the Middle East. This genus is new to Iran.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
401E1198499DCC82A505DF25B18B4162.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 8 $, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests, Babolsar, in urban area (36 ° 42 ' 30 '' N, 52 ° 38 ' 04 '' E), 10 m asl, 18. IX. 2002, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
401E1198499DCC82A505DF25B18B4162.taxon	discussion	Remarks: This species has a very wide distribution that includes Europe (northwards to the south of England and Denmark), the Caucasus, Anatolia, Turkmenistan, southwest Siberia and northern Kazakhstan, eastwards to the Altai Mountains (Radchenko & Elmes 2004; Radchenko 1994 b); it was introduced to North America (Jansen & Radchenko 2009).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
A49B9D491DEB1D7CEE4FC41B0BA17E27.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 19?, Alborz Range forest steppe, Golestan National Park (37 ° 20 ' 54 '' N, 56 ° 14 ' 42 '' E), 1261 m asl, 29. V 2007, leg. Omid Paknia; 11?, Alborz Range forest steppe, Khoshyelagh Wildlife Refuge (36 ° 46 ' 24 '' N, 55 ° 22 ' 42 '' E), 1707 m asl, 6. VI. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
A49B9D491DEB1D7CEE4FC41B0BA17E27.taxon	discussion	Remarks: This species is distributed from Romania in the west through southeast Europe, southwest Siberia and Kazakhstan to Tuva in Siberia (Dlussky 1969), the Central Asian Mountains (Dlussky et al. 1990). This genus is new to Iran.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
FD6BD9F792A0CE125EB74184801C44B7.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 1 $, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests, Ghaemshahr (36 ° 22 ' 16 '' N, 52 ° 50 ' 53 '' E), 155 m asl., 4. VI. 2008, leg. Omid Paknia.; 1 $, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests, Golestan National Park (37 ° 24 ' 04 '' N, 55 ° 48 ' 04 '' E), 520 m asl, 11. VI. 2008, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
FD6BD9F792A0CE125EB74184801C44B7.taxon	discussion	Remarks: In the last ten years, the systematics of the tribe Dacetini, to which Pyramica Roger belongs, was cardinally changed. First of all, Bolton (1999) revived the name Pyramica from synonymy and proposed to consider it as a senior synonym of more than 20 generic names. A year later, he published a huge taxonomic revision of this tribe, describing several hundred new species (Bolton 2000). As a result, Pyramica is now one of the world ' s biggest ant genera that includes more than 300 species; its range encompasses the whole world, with the overwhelming majority of species distributed in the tropics. This genus is new to Iran. Several Pyramica species were recorded from the Mediterranean region of Europe and Africa, the Middle East, Anatolia and the Transcaucasus, while it is not yet known from Central Asia (e. g., Arakelyan & Dlussky 1991; Arakelyan 1994; Bolton et al. 2006; Radchenko 2007). It is necessary to note that in the latest revision of the tribe Dacetini (Baroni Urbani & De Andrade 2007), the name Pyramica is considered a junior synonym of Strumigenys, but in this paper, we retain Pyramica until there is a definitive opinion on this question.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
29DDF390A9F573FB746228A293D80B5A.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 1 $, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests, Talysh (37 ° 40 ' 44 '' N, 48 ° 48 ' 27 '' E), 869 m asl, 7. VII. 2008, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
29DDF390A9F573FB746228A293D80B5A.taxon	discussion	Remarks: Stenamma is a small genus, comprising about 50 species distributed mainly in the Holarctic Region, but some of which penetrated into Central America, India and Pakistan (Himalayan region), and Southeast Asia. The highest species richness of this genus occurs in the rather warm and humid deciduous Holarctic forests, many of which can be considered relict habitats. Stenamma is also quite speciose in Caucasian and Anatolia forests (Arnoldi 1975; DuBois 1998). This genus is new to Iran.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
B331D75761AFAD69D70AB5E81E54D1A6.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 3?, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests, Astaneh, rural area (~ 37 ° 15 ' N, 49 ° 56 ' E), ~ 0 m asl, summer 2004, leg. Faeze Mohammaddoost.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
B331D75761AFAD69D70AB5E81E54D1A6.taxon	discussion	Remarks: The genus Strongylognathus is new to Iran. It is one of few genera endemic to the Palaearctic Region. It comprises about 25 species, centred in the western Palaearctic (the range being Europe, northwest Africa, Anatolia, the Middle East, Kazakhstan, Central Asia and southwest Siberia), and only three species are known from the eastern Palaearctic (China, Korea and Japan) (e. g., Radchenko 1985, 1991; Radchenko 1995 b; Wei et al. 2001; Japanese Ant Database Group 2003; Radchenko 2005). All Strongylognathus species are permanent social parasites in nests of the Tetramorium Mayr species.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
6F651E7190AB31D04681CED334932F37.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 5?, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests, Golestan National Park (37 ° 23 ' 53 '' N, 55 ° 48 ' 01 '' E), 500 m asl, 11. VI. 2008, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
6F651E7190AB31D04681CED334932F37.taxon	discussion	Remarks: Outside Iran, T. anodonta was recorded from Armenia (Arnoldi 1977 a; Arakelyan 1994; Radchenko 1995 a).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
B8BCFE4B7053F1CF8073AC19CA6FBFF7.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 3?, Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests, Abpari (36 ° 30 ' 07 '' N, 51 ° 55 ' 58 '' E), 315 m asl, 28. VI. 2008, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
B8BCFE4B7053F1CF8073AC19CA6FBFF7.taxon	discussion	Remarks: Known from southern Europe, Anatolia, the Transcaucasus and Turkmenistan (including its junior synonyms Leptothorax caucasicus Arnoldi and L. hasardaghi Dlussky (Radchenko 1995 a; Czechowski et al. 2002).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
CEF45BD2B70F33255257AD308F627B04.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 14 $, Alborz Range forest steppe, Golestan National Park (37 ° 20 ' 36 '' N, 56 ° 14 ' 57 '' E), 1226 m asl, 28. V 2007, leg. Omid Paknia; 7?, Central Persian deserts, Kavir National Park (34 ° 45 ' 47 '' N, 52 ° 10 ' 24 '' E), 1045 m asl, 21. VI. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia; 6?, Central Persian deserts, Turan National Park (35 ° 58 ' 22 '' N, 56 ° 04 ' 43 '' E), 1174 m asl, 15. VI. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
CEF45BD2B70F33255257AD308F627B04.taxon	discussion	Remarks: T. armatum is morphologically close to T. inerme Mayr, but in contrast to the latter, which lives in the Central Asian plains, it has been found predominantly in mountains, of Central Asia, the Transcaucasus, Afghanistan and Mongolia (Dlussky et al. 1990; Radchenko 1992 b).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
37355E8568A4D5B54C995220CBBCC11F.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 21?, Alborz Range forest steppe, Golestan National Park (37 ° 20 ' 36 '' N, 56 ° 14 ' 57 '' E), 1226 m asl, 28. V 2007, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
37355E8568A4D5B54C995220CBBCC11F.taxon	discussion	Remarks: T. schneideri was recorded in the plains and foothills of Central Asia and Afghanistan (Dlussky et al. 1990; Radchenko 1992 b).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
2FAD204BC1882EAACBEC98AD43592FB5.taxon	materials_examined	Material: 16 C, Central Persian deserts, Daranjir ProtectedArea (32 ° 26 ' 18 '' N, 55 ° 01 ' 21 '' E), 1227 m asl, 19. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia; 2 $, Central Persian deserts, Siahkooh National Park (32 ° 35 ' 55 '' N, 54 ° 13 ' 59 '' E), 998 m asl, 25. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia; 26 $, Central Persian deserts (32 ° 57 ' 23 '' N, 55 ° 32 ' 08 '' E), 1392 m asl, 17. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia; 4?, Central Persian deserts, Tabas (33 ° 36 ' 44 '' N, 57 ° 05 ' 46 '' E), 1083 m asl, 14. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia; 22?, Central Persian deserts, South of Naeen (32 ° 43 ' 11 '' N, 53 ° 16 ' 39 '' E), 1372 m, asl, 26. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia; 23 $, transitional region of Alborz Range forest steppe and Central Persian deserts, Khojir National Park (35 ° 38 ' 56 '' N, 51 ° 43 ' 45 '' E), 1466 m asl, 29. IV 2008, leg. Omid Paknia; 32?, Central Persian deserts, Kavir National Park (34 ° 45 ' 40 '' N, 52 ° 10 ' 19 '' E), 1057 m asl, 7. V 2008, leg. Omid Paknia; 39?, Central Persian deserts, Turan National Park (35 ° 58 ' 22 '' N, 56 ° 04 ' 43 '' E), 1176 m asl, 17. VI. 2007, leg. Omid Paknia.	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
2FAD204BC1882EAACBEC98AD43592FB5.taxon	discussion	Remarks: Inhabits mainly mountains of Central Asia and Afghanistan, whereas the morphologically similar T. schneideri lives in plains (Dlussky et al. 1990; Radchenko 1992 b).	en	Paknia, O., Radchenko, A., Pfeiffer, M. (2010): New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Asian Myrmecology 3: 29-38, URL: http://antbase.org/ants/publications/23045/23045.pdf
