Crematogaster LUND, 1831

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 : 345-346

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.21248/contrib.entomol.65.2.341-359
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scientific name	Crematogaster LUND, 1831
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Genus Crematogaster LUND, 1831 View in CoL

Crematogaster laestrygon EMERY, 1869 (Figs 36–37)

Material examined: Sistan & Baluchestan Province , Iranshahr, 27°34'N 59°53'E, (2), April 2012. New record for Iran. Handcollecting GoogleMaps .

Distribution: This species has a broad distribution in North Africa ( COLLINGWOOD 1985, SHARAF 2006) and recorded from the Afrotropical region of the Arabian Peninsula including, Asir Mountains of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ( COLLINGWOOD 1985) and Yemen ( COLLINGWOOD & AGOSTI 1996).