Order Hymenoptera, family Formicidae Cedric A. Collingwood Donat Agosti Mostafa R. Sharaf Antonius van Harten Arthropod fauna of the UAE 2011 2011-05-31 4 1 70 R5C3 Forel, 1891 Forel 1891 [276,683,1225,1250] Insecta Formicidae Cardiocondyla GBIF Animalia Hymenoptera 19 20 Arthropoda species shuckardi  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.