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Fig. 3 Type locality: The Raydah Nature Reserve is a part of the Asir Mountains and is located 10 km west of Abha City. The village of Raydah lies at 1600 m just outside the protected area. Raydah Nature Reserve has one of the last remnants of bushy juniper forests existing in Saudi Arabia, with a distinct altitudinal zonation of vegetation. The diversity of the vegetation cover of the region is exceptionally high including Juniperus procera (Cupressaceae), Olea europaea africana (Oleaceae), Lycium shawii roem (Solanaceae), Aloe officinalis (Xanthorrhoeaceae), Panicum turgidum(Poaceae), Haloxylon salicornicum (Chenopodiaceae), Maerua crassifolia (Capparceae), Opuntia ficus-indica (Cactaceae), Ziziphus spina-christi (Rhamnaceae), Coffea arabica (Rubiaceae) and Acacia spp. (Mimosaceae).

Sharaf, M.R., Akbar, S.A., Al Dhafer, H.M. & Aldawood, A.S. 2017. A new ant species of the Leptogenys sulcinoda-group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Saudi Arabia. Zoology in the Middle East, DOI: 10.1080/09397140.2017.1292645.