Monomorium destructor (Jerdon, 1851)

Plates 47–49, 57, 65

Specimens examined: Al-Ajban, 9.xi–7.12.2005, L & MT, AvH. Sharjah, 11–17.x.2004, at light, AvH. Sharjah Desert Park, 5–6.x.2004, AvH. Wadi Safad, 20.xii.2005–2.i.2006, WT, AvH. Al-Wathba Wetland Reserve, 23.viii.2004, AvH.

Distribution: Invasive ant species from the Old World tropics, nowadays spread worldwide (Wetterer, 2009b). Recorded from the UAE by Collingwood, Tigar & Agosti (1997). In the Arabian Peninsula also known from Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen.