Tetramorium armatum Santschi, 1927

Paknia, O., Radchenko, A. & Pfeiffer, M., 2010, New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran., Asian Myrmecology 3, pp. 29-38 : 35

publication ID	23045
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6195710
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scientific name	Tetramorium armatum Santschi, 1927
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Material: 14 $, Alborz Range forest steppe, Golestan National Park (37°20'36''N, 56°14'57''E), 1226 m asl, 28.V2007, leg. Omid Paknia GoogleMaps ; 7?, Central Persian deserts, Kavir National Park (34°45'47''N, 52°10'24''E), 1045 m asl, 21.VI.2007, leg. Omid Paknia GoogleMaps ; 6?, Central Persian deserts, Turan National Park (35°58'22''N, 56°04'43''E), 1174 m asl, 15.VI.2007, leg. Omid Paknia GoogleMaps .

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 1992b).