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 Key to the genera of Formicinae occurring in the UAE (workers) 1 Antennae 12 segmented .................................................................................................... 2 – Antennae 11 segmented. .................................................................................................... 5 2 Antennal insertions clearly distant from posterior clypeal margin ( Figs 5 & 39 ) .............. 3 – Antennal insertions close to or contiguous with clypeal margin ( Figs 40 & 41 )................ 4 3 Petiole with spines or teeth ..................................................................... Polyrhachis Smith – Petiole entire or emarginated, never dentate ......................................... Camponotus Mayr 4 Ocelli present and distinct ( Fig. 40 ). Head underneath with long curved hairs anteriorly. Body with normal hairs (fine, not stout) ............................................. Cataglyphis Foerster Plates 70–72. Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander). (Photographs by A. Nobile, © www.antweb.org) Plates 73–76. Tetramorium latinode Collingwood & Agosti. 73: Full face view of head; 74: Head profile. 75: Full face view of head; 76: Head profile. (Photographs from Sharaf & Aldawood, in press). Plates 77–79. Tetramorium sericeiventre Emery. (Photographs by A. Nobile, © www.antweb.org) Figures 38–43. 38: Myrmoteras spec., head in dorsal view; 39: Camponotus spec., head; 40: Cataglyphis spec., head in dorsal view; 41: Lepisiota spec., mid-body and petiole; 42: Plagiolepis spec., mid-body; 43: Anaplolepis spec., mid-body. – Ocelli vestigial or absent. Underside of head with short hairs only. Body with stout suberect pairs of hairs ................................................................ Paratrechina Motschulsky 5 Propodeum bidentate or bituberculate; petiole incised and usually bidentate ( Fig. 41 ) ....... ................................................................................................................. Lepisiota Santschi – Propodeum unarmed, petiole simple ................................................................................. 6 6 Palp formula 5, 3 or less ............................................................................ Acropyga Roger – Palp formula 6, 4 ............................................................................................................... 7 7 In dorsal view metanotum separated from mesonotum by a deeply impressed suture ( Fig. 42 ) ............................................................................................................ Plagiolepis Mayr – Metanotum not distinguished by sutures; mesapropodeal furrow shallow ( Fig. 43 ) ............ ............................................................................................................. Anaplolepis Santschi