Camponotus xerxes Forel, 1904

Specimens examined: Al-Ain, iii.1995, CAC. Sharjah Desert Park, 25.i–22.ii.2005, LT, AvH; 3.iii.2005, CAC.

Distribution: Ranges from Central Asia to the Middle East. First recorded from the UAE by Wingate (1992). Also recorded from Merawah Island (Gillett & Gillett, 2002). In the Arabian Peninsula also known from Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Oman.