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
Roger
1862
[276,442,150,174]
Insecta
Formicidae
Acropyga
GBIF
Animalia
Hymenoptera
43
44
Arthropoda
species
spec.
Specimens examined: Near Khor Kalba, along highway to Sharjah, stony desert, queen, iii.2006, AvH.
Distribution: Members of this genus are distributed worldwide in tropics and warm temperate. Most species are thought to be hypogaeic and tending both mealybugs and coccids; therefore, they are indirect plant pests. A single queen without wings was collected which is not sufficient to identify it to species rank. This genus is recorded for the first time as occurring in Arabian Peninsula.