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 livida (André, 1881) Myrmecocystus albicans var. livida André , 1881: 58 . Combination in Cataglyphis : Wheeler & Mann, 1916:173 . Raised to species: Arnol'di, 1964: 1810 . This species is widely distributed from Egypt to Afghanistan ( Radchenko, 1997 ) and has been reported from all countries of the Arabian Peninsula ( Collingwood, 1985 ; Tigar and Collingwood, 1993 ; Collingwood and Agosti, 1996 ; Tigar and Osborne, 1999 ; Collingwood et al. 2011 ). Cataglyphis livida is a common species at Rawdhat Khorim. Populations increase in spring and peak in June. This species was found abundantly foraging on Acacia gerrardii Benth.