Crematogaster gadagkari sp. nov. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), a New Species of an Acrobat Ant from India

Abstract

We described a new species Crematogaster gadagkari sp. nov. from India. The species is collected from the North East Himalaya. It resembles C. rogenhoferi Mayr, 1879 and Crematogaster himalayana  Forel, 1902, but can be distinguished from both species on the basis of sculpture and propodeal spine length. An identification key to the known species of the genus Crematogaster from India is also updated. In addition, a DNA barcode for the newly described species is also provided with Genbank accession number "OP807010".