Fatemeh Safariyan; Shahrokh Pashaei Rad; Shahrzad Khakpour
Abstract
Ants with more than 13.700 species belong to Formicidae family and Hymenoptera order. Ants are the most well-known social insects that have a significant impact on the ecosystems of their habitat. The role of these insects in the physical and chemical changes of the soil and their interaction with plants, ...
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Ants with more than 13.700 species belong to Formicidae family and Hymenoptera order. Ants are the most well-known social insects that have a significant impact on the ecosystems of their habitat. The role of these insects in the physical and chemical changes of the soil and their interaction with plants, microorganisms and other living organisms is undeniable. Iran, with its diverse climatic conditions and habitat variety, has a great diversity of plant and animal species. The research is conducted in order to complete the faunistic of ants located in the eastern part of Kurdistan province in Iran. The region is divided into 11 zones according to different ecological conditions in which samples are collected either manually or by hand and pit fall. In the work about 23 species derived from 11 genus and three subfamilies are identified. All species are obtained from Kurdistan province for the first time, statistically coming from Messor syriacus species from Myrmicinae subfamily in abundance. All species are verified by professor Taylor from the Royal Museum of England.
