Crematogaster luctans FOREL, 1907

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 : 346

Crematogaster luctans FOREL, 1907

(Figs 38–39)

Material examined: Razavi Khorasan Province, Neyshabour , 36°12'N 58°45'E, (1), June–August 2010. Handcollecting .

Iranian records: Bushehr ( Ghahari et al. 2010a; Ghahari & Collingwood 2011), Ilam ( Ghahari & Collingwood 2013).

Distribution: Iran ( GHAHARI et al. 2010a; GHAHARI & COLLINGWOOD 2011, 2013), the Arabian Peninsula ( Saudi Arabia) ( COLLINGWOOD 1985; COLLINGWOOD & AGOSTI 1996) and Africa ( FOREL 1907).

Crematogaster subdentata MAYR, 1877 (Figs 40–41)

Material examined: Kerman Province, Jiroft , 28°50'N 57°35'E, (1), April 2010. Handcollecting .

Iranian records: West Azarbaijan (Ghahari et al. 2011), Mazandaran ( Ghahari et al. 2009), North of Iran ( Ardeh 1994).

Distribution: Palearctic region ( MAYR 1877; GHAHARI et al. 2011; ARAKELIAN 1994).