Mesoponera ambigua ( ANDRÉ, 1890 )

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 : 347

Mesoponera ambigua ( ANDRÉ, 1890)

( Figs 58–59 )

Material examined: Kerman Province, Rafsanjan , 30°30'N 55°40'E, (2), June 2011. Sweeping .

Iranian records: Khuzestan ( Ghahari et al. 2010a; Ghahari & Collingwood 2011).

Distribution: This species was described from Sierra Leon ( ANDRÉ, 1890), and was recorded from the Arabian Peninsula ( Saudi Arabia) ( COLLINGWOOD & AGOSTI 1996).

Figures

Figs 54–59: 54, 55 Pheidole megacephala (casent0104990, Neotype, Mauritius), 54 Head in full-face view, 55 Body in profile, Photographer: Michele Esposito; 56, 57 Pheidole sculpturata (casent0281616, Botswana); 56 Head in full-face view, 57 Body in profile, Photographer: Michele Esposito; 58, 59: Solenopsis wolfi (casent0904622, Holotype), 58 Head in full-face view, 59 Body in profile, Photographer: Zach Lieberman.