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 Messor ebeninus Santschi, 1927 ( Fig. 5 e, f ) Messor semirufus var. ebeninus Santschi, 1927: 229 . Raised to species: Tohmé, 1971: 569 . Junior synonym of Messor semirufus : Baroni Urbani, 1974: 227 . Revived from synonymy: Tohmé & Tohmé, 1981:142. This species is widely distributed throughout the Arabian Peninsula ( Collingwood, 1985 , Collingwood and Agosti, 1996 ). At Rawdhat Khorim, worker activity has two peaks of abundance, in April and December, decreasing from July through October.