Tapinoma FOERSTER, 1850

Ghahari, Hassan, Sharaf, Mostafar R., Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. & Collingwood, Cedric Alex, 2015, A contribution to the study of the ant fauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Eastern Iran, Beiträge Zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology 65 (2), pp. 341-359 : 343

Genus Tapinoma FOERSTER, 1850

Tapinoma cf. simrothi KRAUSSE, 1911 ( Figs 6–7 )

Material examined: South Khorasan Province, Birjand , 32°32'N 58°50'E, (2), September 2009. Sweeping . Razavi Khorasan Province, Ferdows , 34°10'N 57°40'E, (1), September–October 2012. Pitfall traps .

Iranian records: East Azarbaijan ( Sakenin Chelav et al. 2008a), Isfahan ( Shiran et al. 2012), Khuzestan ( Dezhakam & Soleyman Nejadiyan 2000; Mossadegh et al. 2008; Alizadeh et al. 2012; Mossadegh 2012).

Distribution: This species is distributed in Europe ( SHATTUCK 1994).

Figures

Figs 2–7: 2, 3 Dolichoderus quadripunctatus (casent0246569, Italy), 2 Head in full-face view, 3 Body in profile, Photographer: Andrea Walker; 4, 5 Linepithema humile (casent0106119, Argentina), 4 Head in full-face view, 5 Body in profile, Photographer: Michael Branstetter:6, 7 Tapinoma simrothi (casent0910228, Argentina), 6 Head in full-face view, 7 Body in profile, Photographer: Michael Branstetter.