Aphaenogaster iranica Kiran & Alipanah, 2013: 46, figs. 1-2 (w.) IRAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Iran: Khorasan-e Razavi Prov., Mashad, Shandiz, 985 m., 36°24’N, 59°19’E, 15.v.1999, no. 29-22 (M. Ghasemi). Primary type depository: EMTU. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 4 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: Iran: Semnan Prov., Khoshyeylagh, Beh-Cheshmeh Station, 1554 m., 9.vi.2007, nos 1954, 1978 (O. Paknia). Secondary type depositories: NMTI, OPPC.