Myrmecia israelensis, T.Friedl, 1995

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Myrmecia israelensis (= Friedmannia israelensis ),

similarly to the previous species, is frequently recorded in arid ( Friedmann et al. 1967; Grondin & Johansen 1993; Büdel et al. 2009) and semiarid ( Johansen et al. 1993) areas and on rocky substrates ( Friedmann et al. 1967) including granite ( Vázquez-Nion et al. 2016). Friedmann et al. (1967) reported free-living cells of M. israelensis in the Negev desert, Israel. In addition, it has been detected in the Namib Desert soil ( Büdel et al. 2009) and genetically confirmed on World Heritage sites in Santiago de Compostela ( Vázquez-Nion et al. 2016).