Myrmecia israelensis (= Friedmannia israelensis),

similarly to the previous species, is frequently recorded in arid (Friedmann et al. 1967; Grondin & Johansen 1993; Büdel et al. 2009) and semiarid (Johansen et al. 1993) areas and on rocky substrates (Friedmann et al. 1967) including granite (Vázquez-Nion et al. 2016). Friedmann et al. (1967) reported free-living cells of M. israelensis in the Negev desert, Israel. In addition, it has been detected in the Namib Desert soil (Büdel et al. 2009) and genetically confirmed on World Heritage sites in Santiago de Compostela (Vázquez-Nion et al. 2016).