Monomorium areniphilum Santschi, 1911

Specimens examined: Baynunah, iii.1995, CAC. 7 km S of al-Jazirat al-Hamra, 9.x.2004, AvH. Sharjah

Desert Park, 5–6.x.2004, AvH. Al-Wathba Wetland Reserve, 23.viii.2004, AvH.

Distribution: Recorded from North Africa and the Middle East. In the Arabian Peninsula known from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. New to the UAE.