Strongylognathus alboini

Strongylognathus alboini
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Strongylognathus
Species:	S. alboini
Binomial name
	Strongylognathus alboini; Finzi, 1924

At a Glance

• Dulotic

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 45.825556° to 45.825556°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Italy (type locality), Slovenia, Switzerland.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

alboini. Strongylognathus huberi subsp. alboini Finzi, 1924b: 121 (w.) ITALY.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “some”).
- Type-locality: Italy: Venezia Giulia, base Mt Nanos, 28.v.1923 (B. Finzi).
- Type-depository: MCZC.
- Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 141 (q.m.).
- Status as species: Kutter, 1968b: 205; Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 141 (redescription); Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 146; Bolton, 1976: 306; Kutter, 1977c: 161; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 278 (in key); Poldi, 1994: 189 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 395; Poldi, et al. 1995: 6; Petrov, 2006: 101 (in key); Bračko, 2007: 18; Borowiec, L. 2014: 162; Lebas, et al. 2016: 338.
- Distribution: Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland.

Taxonomic Notes

Seifert (2018) found that Strongylognathus italicus clusters with, and is morphologically similar to, Strongylognathus alboini and the two should be synonomised. However, currently available data did not exclude the possibility that Strongylognathus destefanii (or one of its two junior synonyms, Strongylognathus emeryi or Strongylognathus huberi cecconii) may be a senior synonym within this set. As such, no formal taxonomic changes were proposed.

Description

References

Baroni Urbani, C. 1969b. Gli Strongylognathus del gruppo huberi nell'Europa occidentale: saggio di una revisione basata sulla casta operaia (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 99- 101: 132-168 (page 141, queen, male described)
Baroni Urbani, C. 1969b. Gli Strongylognathus del gruppo huberi nell'Europa occidentale: saggio di una revisione basata sulla casta operaia (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 99- 101: 132-168 (page 141, Raised to species)
Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
Finzi, B. 1924b. Secondo contributo alla conoscenza della fauna mirmecologica della Venezia Giulia. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 56: 120-123 (page 121, worker described)
Kutter, H. 1977c. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Insecta Helv. Fauna 6: 1-298 (page 161, Raised to species)
Lapeva-Gjonova, A., Radchenko, A. 2021. Ant genus Strongylognathus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Bulgaria: a preliminary review. Biodiversity Data Journal 9, e65742 (doi:10.3897/bdj.9.e65742).
Seifert, B. 2018. The ants of Central and Northern Europe. lutra Verlags- und Vertiebsgesellschaft, Tauer, 408 pp.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

Bolton B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 34:281-379.
Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
Bracko G. 2007. Checklist of the ants of Slovenia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Natura Sloveniae 9: 15-24
Finzi, B. "Secondo contributo alla conoscenza della fauna mirmecologica della Venezia Giulia." Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 56 (1924): 120-123.
Neumeyer R., and B. Seifert. 2005. Commented check list of free living ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species of Switzerland. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique Suisse 78: 1-17.
Vesnic A. 2013. The first record of the ant genus Strongylognathus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Bosnia and Herzegovina with notes on the distribution of the genus in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula. Acta Entomologica Serbica 18(1/2): 187-193.