Cataglyphis abyssinicus (Forel, 1904)

Specimens examined: Al-Ain zoo, 13.iii.2005, CAC. Ghalilah, 8.iii.2005, CAC. Sharjah Desert Park, 21–29.iii.2005, LT, AvH.

Distribution: Described from Ethiopia, also recorded from Sudan. In the Arabian Peninsula known from Saudi Arabia, Oman and Yemen. New to the UAE.