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 Forel, 1904 Forel 1904 [306,652,1180,1204] Insecta Formicidae Camponotus GBIF Animalia Hymenoptera 46 47 Arthropoda species xerxes  Specimens examined: Al-Ain, iii.1995, CAC. Sharjah Desert Park, 25.i–22.ii.2005, LT, AvH; 3.iii.2005, CAC.  Distribution: Ranges from Central Asia to the Middle East. First recorded from the UAE by Wingate (1992). Also recorded from Merawah Island ( Gillett & Gillett, 2002). In the Arabian Peninsula also known from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman.