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 Cataglyphis niger (André, 1881) ( Fig. 5 c, d ) Myrmecocystus viaticus var. niger André , 188l: 56 . Combination in Cataglyphis : Emery, 1925:265 . Raised to species: Collingwood 1985:290 . This species was originally described from Israel and recorded from Saudi Arabia , Kuwait , Oman and Yemen ( Collingwood, 1985 ; Collingwood and Agosti, 1996 ), UAE ( Collingwood et al. 2011 ) and Syria ( Santschi, 1929b ). It is common at Rawdhat Khorim with peak abundance in June and decreasing during cooler months. Workers were collected from the following plants: Acacia gerrardii Benth (Fabaceae) , C. procera , Rhazya stricta Decne (Apocynaceae) and Ziziphus nummularia (Burm. f) Wight & Arn. ( Rhamnaceae ).