Camponotus oasium Forel, 1890

Plates 86–87

Specimens examined: Baynunah, iii.1995, CAC. N of Ruwais, 21.iii.1995, leg. D. Agosti. Medinat Zayed, iii.1995, CAC.

Distribution: North African species. First recorded from the UAE (Um az-Zimul) by Collingwood & Agosti (1996). In the Arabian Peninsula also known from Saudi Arabia and Oman.