Cardiocondyla shuckardi Forel, 1891

Specimens examined: 7 km S of al-Jazirat al-Hamra, 9.x.2004, AvH. 15 km ESE of Sharjah, 2.xii.2004, AvH.

Distribution: Tropical and subtropical Africa. First collected in the Arabian Peninsula by W. Büttiker in 1983 (Collingwood, 1996). Known from Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Kuwait. New to the UAE.