Ant species checklist in different habitats of the Central areas of Iran

Document Type : Animal systematic

Authors

1 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

2 Department of Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences and Technologies, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

The current study is about the ants checklist in different habitats of central regions of Iran during the years 1395 and 1396. Accordingly, 20 stations from 4 different habitats that included desert habitat, foothillc habitat, plain habitat and rural and urban habitat were selected, and collecting of samples was done by hand Collecting and pitfall trap during the spring, summer and autumn. A total of 314 samples which were collected from all stations, 32 species from 13 genera and 9 tribes belonging to the three subfamilies Myrmicinae, Formicinae and Dolichoderinae were identified as follows:
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenamini Genus: Messor Species: M. mediorubra M. ebeninus M. minor M. galla M. rufotestaceus
Messor sp Tribe: Solenopsidine Genus: Monomorium Species: M. indicum M. pharaonis M. kusnezowi
M. subopacum Tribe: Attini Genus: Pheidole Species: P. teneriffana P. megacephala P. pallidula
Tribe: Crematogastrini Genus: Tetramorium Species: T. moravicum T. sp. Genus: Crematogaster Species: C. oasium
Genus: Cardiocondyla Species: C. ulianini C. stambuloffi
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini Genus: Cataglyphis Species: C. niger C. bellicosus C. setipes C. altisquamis C. lividus
C. frigidus Tribe: Plagiolepidini Genus: Lepisiota Species: L. dolabellae L. bipartite Genus: Paratrechina
Species: P. longicornis Genus: Plagiolepis Species: P. abyssinica Tribe: Camponotini Genus: Camponotus
Species: C. (Tanaemyrmex) xerxes C. kurdistanicus Tribe: Lasini Genus: Lasius Species: L. alienus
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Tapinomaini Genus: Tapinoma Species: Tapinoma simrothi

All Species confirmed by Professor Brian Taylor, members of the British Royal Society of Entomology.

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Journal of Animal Environment
Volume 11, Issue 3
October 2019
Pages 247-256

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