Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae Author Cedric A. Collingwood Author Donat Agosti Author Mostafa R. Sharaf Author Antonius van Harten text Arthropod fauna of the UAE 2011 2011-05-31 4 1 70 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.1168586 f4c97e0e-fc3f-41a8-8ab5-b07a304f1848 1168586 Tapinoma simrothi Krausse, 1911 Plates 30–31 Specimens examined: Al-Ain, 13.iii.2005, CAC. Distribution: Known from the Meditteranean area. Recorded from the UAE (al-Ain and Abu Dhabi) by Collingwood, Tigar & Agosti (1997) . Also known from Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman and Kuwait. In Saudi Arabia, it is distinctly widely distributed in the central region (Riyadh and areas around).