Proformica epinotalis Kusnetsov-Ugamsky

Paknia, O., Radchenko, A. & Pfeiffer, M., 2010, New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran., Asian Myrmecology 3, pp. 29-38 : 34

Proformica epinotalis Kusnetsov-Ugamsky , 1927

Material: 19 ?, Alborz Range forest steppe, Golestan National Park (37°20'54''N, 56°14'42''E), 1261 m asl, 29.V2007, leg. Omid Paknia ; 11?, Alborz Range forest steppe, Khoshyelagh Wildlife Refuge (36°46'24''N, 55°22 '42''E), 1707 m asl, 6.VI.2007, leg. Omid Paknia .

Remarks: This species is distributed from Romania in the west through southeast Europe, southwest Siberia and Kazakhstan to Tuva in Siberia (Dlussky 1969), the Central Asian Mountains (Dlussky et al. 1990). This genus is new to Iran.