| چکیده انگلیسی مقاله |
Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) have a tremendous impact on food chains and natural ecosystems, and a significant number of species are in contact with humans due to their presence in anthropogenic structures. During a survey, ants from urban and rural indoor and outdoor spaces of human-made structures in Sarakhs County, Khorasan Razavi Province, located in the northeast of Iran, were collected and identified. In total, 3 subfamilies, 12 genera, and 20 species were collected and identified. Among the identified ants, six species, including Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798), Lepisiota bipartita (Smith, 1861), Messor denticulatus Santschi, 1927, M. reticuliventris Karavaiev, 1911, Pheidole providens (Sykes, 1835), and Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851), were directly collected from different parts of residential houses such as kitchens, bedrooms, dining rooms, and living rooms. The fourteen species, T. erraticum, Camponotus cognatocompressus Forel, 1904, C. xerxes Forel, 1904, Cataglyphis setipes (Forel, 1894), Formica clara Forel, 1886, Aphaenogaster muschtaidica Emery, 1908, M. denticulatus, M. intermedius Santschi, 1927, M. reticuliventris, Myrmica specioides Bondroit, 1918, P. cicatricosa Stitz, 1917, P. providens, Tetramorium nursei Bingham, 1903, and T. destructor, were collected from the outdoor spaces of residential houses and internal spaces of non-residential human-made buildings such as courtyards, parking lots, warehouses, stairs, gardens, walls, terraces, etc. M. reticuliventris is reported for the first time from Iran. In addition, the species A. muschtaidica, which is considered a Caucasian species, is reported far from this region in northeastern Iran. |
| نویسندگان مقاله |
Adeleh Shahnoori |
MSc. Student, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
Mohsen Yazdanian |
Assistant Professor, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
Ahmad Nadimi |
Associated Professor, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Plant Production, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran
Kadri Kiran |
Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey
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