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Emeryopone loebli (Baroni Urbani, 1975) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – an ant species new to the fauna of Iran

  • 1. Plant Protection Department, Agricultural College, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Shahrekord, Iran, e-mail: arsalan.khalili@gmail.com
  • 2. Myrmecological Laboratory, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51–148 Wroclaw, Poland, e-mail: sebastian.salata@uwr.edu.pl
  • 3. Myrmecological Laboratory, Department of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Taxonomy, University of Wroclaw, Przybyszewskiego 65, 51–148 Wroclaw, Poland, e-mail: borowieclech@gmail.com

Description

Emeryopone loebli (Baroni Urbani, 1975) collected in Chaharmahal Va Bakhtiari Province is recorded from Iran. The new discovery is the third documented record of this species.

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