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 Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851) Plates 47–49 , 57 , 65 Specimens examined: Al-Ajban, 9.xi–7.12.2005, L & MT, AvH. Sharjah, 11–17.x.2004, at light, AvH. Sharjah Desert Park, 5–6.x.2004, AvH. Wadi Safad, 20.xii.2005–2.i.2006, WT, AvH. Al-Wathba Wetland Reserve, 23.viii.2004, AvH. Distribution: Invasive ant species from the Old World tropics, nowadays spread worldwide ( Wetterer, 2009b ). Recorded from the UAE by Collingwood, Tigar & Agosti ( 1997 ) . In the Arabian Peninsula also known from Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen.