Tetramorium armatum Santschi

Paknia, O., Radchenko, A. & Pfeiffer, M., 2010, New records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran., Asian Myrmecology (3), pp. 29-38 : 35

Tetramorium armatum Santschi , 1927

Material: 14 $, Alborz Range forest steppe, Golestan National Park (37°20'36''N, 56°14'57''E), 1226 m asl, 28.V2007, leg. Omid Paknia ; 7 ?, Central Persian deserts, Kavir National Park (34°45'47''N, 52°10'24''E), 1045 m asl, 21.VI.2007, leg. Omid Paknia ; 6 ?, Central Persian deserts, Turan National Park (35°58'22''N, 56°04'43''E), 1174 m asl, 15.VI.2007, leg. Omid Paknia .

Remarks: T. armatum is morphologically close to T. inerme Mayr , but in contrast to the latter, which lives in the Central Asian plains, it has been found predominantly in mountains, of Central Asia, the Transcaucasus, Afghanistan and Mongolia (Dlussky et al. 1990; Radchenko 1992b).