Agraulomyrmex damohensis

This species, known only from the holotype worker collected from a forest in Madhya Pradesh, India, is the only species within this genus known outside of Africa.

Identification
Antennal segments nine without a distinct club; palp formula 6,4; mandible bearing five teeth on masticatory margin with a very small 3rd tooth; head length (HL) 0.31 mm; body yellow.

Agraulomyrmex damohensis is the smallest species (HL 0.31 mm and WL 0.30 mm) of genus Agraulomyrmex and it distinctly differs from other known species by having nine segmented antennae. It shows similarities with Agraulomyrmex meridionalis in having the following characteristics: palp formula 6,4; body smooth and shiny; compound eyes positioned below the cephalic midline; masticatory margin of mandible with five teeth (although A. meridionalis specimens also may have six teeth on masticatory margin).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 * . Agraulomyrmex damohensis Harshana & Dey, 2021: 5, figs. 1, 2 (w.) INDIA (Madhya Pradesh).

Type Material
Holotype: Worker; India, Madhya Pradesh, Damoh; 23.5185 N, 79.7771 E; 11.IX.2020; coll. A. Harshana (NPC-AND964).