Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae Cedric A. Collingwood Donat Agosti Mostafa R. Sharaf Antonius van Harten Arthropod fauna of the UAE 2011 2011-05-31 4 1 70 42837 Foerster, 1850 Foerster 1850 [276,688,1582,1606] Insecta Formicidae Messor GBIF Animalia Hymenoptera 21 22 Arthropoda species rufotestaceus  Specimens examined: Wadi Khatam, iii.1995, leg. B. Tigar.  Distribution: Recorded from the northern Sahara, Palestine and Syria. First recorded from the UAE by Tigar & Collingwood (1993). In the Arabian Peninsula also known from Saudi Arabia and Oman.