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 Camponotus empedocles Emery, 1920 Specimens examined: Al-Ajban, 9.xi–7.xii.2005, LT & MT, AvH. Lahbab-al-Madam, 12.iii.2005, AvH. Sharjah Desert Park, 18–25.i.2005; 22.ii–16.iii.2005, LT, AvH. Distribution: Described from South Africa. In the Arabian Peninsula known from Saudi Arabia and Yemen. New to the UAE.