A new species of the ant genus Crematogaster Lund (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Hosoishi S. 1 , Yamane Sk. 2
1 Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
2 , Kagoshima, Japan

Year: 2026, Number: 544, Pages: 12-21

Crematogaster ramicola sp. n. is described from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan based on the worker, queen and male. The new species is similar to C. vagula Wheeler, but can be distinguished by the weakly striated promesonotum and paler body color.

DOI: 10.25221/fee.544.2

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Keywords: Myrmicinae, twig-nesting ants, taxonomy, new species, Amami Islands, Iriomote-jima, Okinawa-jima,

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