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 Cerapachys longitarsus ( Mayr, 1879 ) ( Fig. 4 a, b ) Lioponera longitarsus Mayr, 1879: 667 . Combination in Cerapachys : Brown, 1975: 237 . This is the second record of this species from Saudi Arabia and for the Arabian Peninsula. The first record of this species was from Abu Arish (southwestern Saudi Arabia ) by Collingwood (1985) . Cerapachys longitarsus was originally described from India and subsequently recorded from UAE ( Collingwood et al. , 2011 ); Egypt ( Sharaf, 2006 ); Philippines , North Australia , and Taiwan ( Terayama et al. , 1988 ). At Rawdhat Khorim this species is considered rare, with only four specimens . All are alate males, three attracted to a light trap and one collected by a pitfall trap. They were collected in April, October and November.