The ants (Hymenoptera: formicidae) of Rawdhat Khorim Nature Preserve, Saudi Arabia, with description of a new species of the genus Tetramorium Mayr Author Sharaf, Mostafa R. Economic Entomology Research Unit (EERU). antsharaf@gmail.com Author Abdel-Dayem, Mahmoud S. King Saud University Museum of Arthropods (KSMA). Author Al Dhafer, Hathal M. King Saud University Museum of Arthropods (KSMA). Author Aldawood, Abdulrahman S. Economic Entomology Research Unit (EERU). antsharaf@gmail.com text Zootaxa 2013 2013-09-10 3709 6 565 580 journal article 54093 10.11646/zootaxa.3709.6.6 7514a773-abe5-49b7-bb4f-0f359a858c55 1175-5326 6300018 10D447D5-D5C0-409F-85FC-6E3E4619C487 Solenopsis saudiensis Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011 ( Fig.6 a, b ) Solenopsis saudiensis Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011: 476 . This species was recently described from Riyadh , Saudi Arabia (Sharaf and Aldawood, 2011) and was the first record of the genus from the country. Recently, the Solenopsis of the Arabian Peninsula were revised by Sharaf and Aldwood (2012). At Rawdhat Khorim this species is rare, with only a single specimen collected by a pitfall trap in February.