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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).

[[Media:Sharaf, M.R., Akbar, S.A. et al. 2017. A new ant species of the Leptogenys sulcinoda-group from Saudi Arabia.pdf|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.]]