Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893

Cedric A. Collingwood, Donat Agosti, Mostafa R. Sharaf & Antonius van Harten, 2011, Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae, Arthropod fauna of the UAE 4, pp. 1-70 : 34

Pheidole teneriffana Forel, 1893

Plates 58 , 66

Specimens examined: Al-Aslab, 19.ix.2005, at light, AvH.

Distribution: Described from the Canary Islands, recorded from the Mediterranean area and East Africa. Recorded from the UAE by Collingwood, Tigar & Agosti (1997). In the Arabian Peninsula also known from Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Figures

Plates 53–58. Heads in dorsal view. 53: Pachycondyla sennaarensis (Mayr); 54: Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius); 55:Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel; 56:Monomorium baushare Collingwood & Agosti.; 57: Monomorium destructor (Jerdon); 58: Pheidole teneriffana Forel.(Photographs © Fauna of Arabia)

Plates 64–66. 64: Monomorium baushare Collingwood & Agosti.; 65: Monomorium destructor (Jerdon); 66:Pheidole teneriffana Forel.(Photographs © Fauna ofArabia)