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
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.1168586
f4c97e0e-fc3f-41a8-8ab5-b07a304f1848
1168586
Cerapachys
longitarsus
(Mayr, 1879)
Specimens examined: Fujairah, males, 28.ii–1.iv.2006, LT, AvH.
Plates 1–6. 1:
Leptanilla
spec., head; 2:
Monomorium
spec., head; 3:
Cataglyphis
spec., habitus, in lateral view; 4:
Monomorium
spec., habitus in lateral view; 5:
Monomorium
spec., head; 6:
Tetraponera
spec., head. (Photographs by A. Nobile, © www.antweb.org)
Plates 7–11. 7:
Cerapachys
spec, habitus in lateral view; 8:
Tapinoma
spec., habitus in lateral view; 9:
Ponerinae
, head; 10:
Cerapachys
spec., head; 11:
Cataglyphis
spec., habitus in lateral view. arrow showing acidopore. (Photographs 7–8, 10–11 by A. Nobile, 9 by M. Esposito, © www.antweb.org)
Distribution: Wide-ranging species recorded from North Australia, Philippines, India, North- and East Africa. In the Arabian Peninsula known from Saudi Arabia and Yemen. New to the UAE.