United Arab Emirates



The following valid species and subspecies of ants are known to occur in United Arab Emirates. Unidentified and undescribed species will be added to this list as identifications are verified and taxonomic revisions are published. This species list is based upon the effort of many ant collectors as well as myrmecologists who have published on the taxonomy of United Arab Emirates ants. Those who have specimen records that expand this list are encouraged to submit this information in the discussion section of the United Arab Emirates Ants web page. Please advise if any corrections are warranted.

Acropyga

 * Acropyga species

Anoplolepis

 * Anoplolepis gracilipes (Smith, F. 1857)

Bothriomyrmex

 * Bothriomyrmex species

Brachyponera

 * Brachyponera sennaarensis (Mayr, 1862)

Camponotus

 * Camponotus acvapimensis Mayr, 1862


 * Camponotus adenensis Emery, 1893


 * Camponotus alii Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus atlantis Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus compressus (Fabricius, 1787)


 * Camponotus empedocles Emery, 1920


 * Camponotus fayfaensis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996


 * Camponotus fellah Dalla Torre, 1893


 * Camponotus flavomarginatus Mary, 1862


 * Camponotus nylanderi Emery, 1921


 * Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890


 * Camponotus sericeus (Fabricius, 1798)


 * Camponotus thoracicus (Fabricius, 1798)


 * Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1904

Cardiocondyla

 * Cardiocondyla bicoronata Seifert, 2003


 * Cardiocondyla emeryi Forel, 1881


 * Cardiocondyla gallagheri Collingwood & Agosti, 1996


 * Cardiocondyla mauritanica Forel, 1890


 * Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891

Cataglyphis

 * Cataglyphis abyssinica (Forel, 1904)


 * Cataglyphis acutinodis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996


 * Cataglyphis adenensis (Forel, 1904)


 * Cataglyphis arenaria Finzi, 1940


 * Cataglyphis aurata Menozzi, 1932


 * Cataglyphis cana Santschi, 1925


 * Cataglyphis cinnamomea (Karawaiew, 1910)


 * Cataglyphis emmae (Forel, 1909)


 * Cataglyphis fisheri Sharaf, Collingwood & Aldawood, 2015


 * Cataglyphis flavobrunnea Collingwood & Agosti, 1996


 * Cataglyphis isis Forel, 1913


 * Cataglyphis laevior Santschi, 1929


 * Cataglyphis laylae Collingwood, 2011


 * Cataglyphis livida (Andre, 1881)


 * Cataglyphis minima Collingwood, 1985


 * Cataglyphis nigra (Andre, 1881)


 * Cataglyphis nodus (Brulle, 1832)


 * Cataglyphis rubra (Forel, 1903)


 * Cataglyphis sabulosa Kugler, 1981


 * Cataglyphis savignyi (Dufour, 1862)


 * Cataglyphis urens Collingwood, 1985


 * Cataglyphis viaticoides (Andre, 1881)

Cerapachys

 * Cerapachys longitarsus (Mayr, 1879)


 * Cerapachys wroughtoni (Forel, 1910)

Crematogaster

 * Crematogaster aegyptiaca Mayr, 1862


 * Crematogaster antaris Forel, 1894


 * Crematogaster jehovae mosis Forel, 1909


 * Crematogaster oasium Santschi, 1911


 * Crematogaster senegalensis Roger, 1863

Hypoponera

 * Hypoponera eduardi (Forel, 1894)


 * Hypoponera punctatissima (Roger, 1859)


 * Hypoponera ragusai (Emery, 1894)

Iridomyrmex

 * Iridomyrmex anceps (Roger, 1863)

Lepisiota

 * Lepisiota elegantissima Collingwood & van Harten, 2011


 * Lepisiota gracilicornis (Forel, 1892)


 * Lepisiota karawaiewi (Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929)


 * Lepisiota nigra (Dalla Torre, 1893)


 * Lepisiota nigrescens Karavaiew, 1912


 * Lepisiota opaciventris (Finzi, 1936)

Leptanilla

 * Leptanilla islamica Baroni Urbani, 1977

Linepithema

 * Linepithema humile (Mayr, 1868)

Messor

 * Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927


 * Messor foreli Santschi, 1923


 * Messor hismai Collingwood & Agosti, 1966


 * Messor medioruber Santschi, 1910


 * Messor meridionalis (Andre, 19=883)


 * Messor rufotestaceus (Foerster, 1850)

Monomorium

 * Monomorium abeillei Andre, 1881


 * Monomorium areniphilum Santschi, 1911


 * Monomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877


 * Monomorium baushare Collingwood & Agosti, 1966


 * Monomorium bicolor Emery, 1877


 * Monomorium buxtoni Crawley, 1920


 * Monomorium carbo Forel, 1910


 * Monomorium clavicorne Andre, 1881


 * Monomorium exiguum Forel, 1894


 * Monomorium fayfaense Collingwood & Agosti, 1996


 * Monomorium fezzanense Collingwood & Agosti, 1996


 * Monomorium hanaqe Collingwood & Agosti, 1996


 * Monomorium hemame Collingwood & Agosti, 1996


 * Monomorium indicum Forel, 1902


 * Monomorium luteum Emery, 1881


 * Monomorium niloticum Emery, 1881


 * Monomorium nitidiventre Emery, 1893


 * Monomorium phoenicum Santschi, 1927


 * Monomorium qarahe Collingwood & Agosti, 1996


 * Monomorium subopacum Smith, F. 1858


 * Monomorium tumaire Collingwood & Agosti, 1996


 * Monomorium wahibiense Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Myrmoteras

 * Myrmoteras species (cf. indica)

Nylanderia

 * Nylanderia flavipes (Smith, F. 1874)


 * Nylanderia jaegerskioeldi Mayr, 1904


 * Nylanderia vividula (Nylander, 1846)

Paratrechina

 * Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille, 1802)

Pheidole

 * Pheidole indica Mayr, 1879


 * Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Pheidole parva Mayr, 1865


 * Pheidole sculpturata Mayr, 1866


 * Pheidole sinaitica Mayr, 1862

Plagiolepis

 * Plagiolepis exigua Forel, 1894

Polyrhachis

 * Polyrhachis lacteipennis Smith, F. 1858

Solenopsis

 * Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804)


 * Solenopsis omana Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Tapinolepis

 * Tapinolepis longitarsis Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Tapinoma

 * Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793)


 * Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911

Technomyrmex

 * Technomyrmex albipes (Smith, F. 1861)

Temnothorax

 * Temnothorax liviae (Agosti & Collingwood, 2011)


 * Temnothorax megalops Hamann & Klemm, 1967

Tetramorium

 * Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander, 1846)


 * Tetramorium calidum Forel, 1907


 * Tetramorium doriae Emery, 1881


 * Tetramorium juba Collingwood, 1985


 * Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery, 1877


 * Tetramorium yemene Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

Tetraponera

 * Tetraponera ambigua (Emery, 1895)

Trichomyrmex

 * Trichomyrmex abyssinicus (Forel, 1894)


 * Trichomyrmex destructor (Jerdon, 1851)


 * Trichomyrmex lameerei (Forel, 1902)


 * Trichomyrmex mayri (Forel, 1902)


 * Trichomyrmex perplexum (Radchenko, 1997)