Protaphorura levantina (Christiansen, 1956)

Material examined. Iran, Kurdistan province, Marivan-Pirsafa, oak forest, 35°33'47.64"N, 46°5'50.50"E, 1335 m, 13. V., 5. VI., 27.VI.2016 and 15.V.2019, soil and leaf litter under oak trees ; Iran, Kurdistan province, Marivan-Garan, oak forest, 35°31'59.75”N, 46°18'2.69"E, 1335 m, 13. V., and 1.VIII.2016, soil and leaf litter under oak and cypress trees, soil in outside the oak trees and farmland .

Distribution. West and Central Asia, Mediterranean (Bellinger et al., 1996 –2022), Iran – Golestan, Kermanshah (Shayanmehr et al., 2020), and Kurdistan (New record) provinces.