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 Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius, 1793) Specimens examined: Sharjah, 2.iii.2005, CAC. Sharjah Desert Park, 6–28.xii.2006, PT, AvH. Wadi Safad, 26.xii.2005–2.i.2006, WT, AvH. Distribution: One of the world’s most damaging invasive species, becoming a dominant species in many areas it has invaded ( Dejean et al., 2007 ). In the Arabian Peninsula known from Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Oman and Yemen. New to the UAE.