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 Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius, 1804) Plates 67–69 Specimens examined: Al-Aslab, 19.ix.2005, at light, AvH. Sharjah Desert Park, 5–6.x.2004, AvH. Distribution: Trager (1991) and Wetterer (2010) offer theories about how this species, notorious for its painful sting, spread around the tropics of the whole world. Recorded from the UAE by Collingwood, Tigar & Agosti ( 1997 ) .