Abstract
The queen of the ant Solenopsis saudiensis Sharaf & Aldawood, Citation2011 is described for the first time from Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. A provisional key to the two Saudi Arabian species of the genus is presented based on the queen caste. Brief ecological and biological notes are also given.
Acknowledgements and Funding
This project was supported by the NSTIP Strategic program [grant number 11-BIO1974-02], Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The authors are indebted to Boris Kondratieff (Colorado State University) for critical reading of the manuscript.