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 Messor medioruber Santschi, 1910 Specimens examined: Sweihan, iii.1995, CAC. NARC, near Sweihan, 14.iii.2005, CAC. Distribution: Described from Tunisia, widespread in northern Africa. In the Arabian Peninsula known from Kuwait. New to the UAE.