Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877

Material: 3?, Central Persian deserts, Robat Posht Badam (32°57'22''N, 55°32'09''E), 1406 m asl, 17.V2008, leg. Omid Paknia ; 6?, Central Persian deserts, Tabas (33°36'57''N, 57°05'35''E), 1074 m asl, 15.V2008, leg. Omid Paknia .

Remarks: M. barbatulum has a wide distribution from the southeast of Europe (Astrakhan Province of Russia) to Central Asia and Afghanistan (Pisarski 1967; Tarbinsky 1976; Dlussky et al. 1990) and the Arabian Peninsula (Collingwood & Agosti 1996).