Formica glauca RUZSKY, 1896

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 : 344

Formica glauca RUZSKY, 1896

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Material examined: Razavi Khorasan Province, Neyshabour , 36°12'N 58°45'E, (4), June–August 2010. Handcollecting .

Iranian records: Kermanshah, Kordestan ( Ghahari & Collingwood 2013), Mazandaran ( Ghahari et al. 2008, 2009, 2010b), Tehran ( Alipanah et al. 2000).

Distribution: Formica glauca was described from Russian Federation ( RUZSKY, 1896), and reported from Iran ( ALIPANAH et al. 2000, GHAHARI et al. 2008, 2009, 2010b, GHAHARI & COLLINGWOOD 2013), Afghanistan, Mongolia, and China ( WHEELER 1930 –1931; DLUSSKY 1967) and several countries of Europe including Bulgaria, Germany, Poland, Romania ( ATANASSOV & DLUSSKY 1992; SEIFERT & SCHULTZ 2009).

Figures

Figs 16–21: 16, 17 Cataglyphis nodus (casent0906069, Holotype); 16 Head in full-face view, 17 Body in profile, Photographer: Shannon Hartman; 18, 19 Cataglyphis semitonsa (casent0912230, Holotype), 18 Head in full-face view, 19 Body in profile, Photographer: Zach Lieberman; 20, 21 Formica glauca (casent0911078, Holotype), 20 Head in full-face view, 21 Body in profile, Photographer: Will Ericson.