Strongylognathus arnoldii

Strongylognathus arnoldii
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. arnoldii
Binomial name
Strongylognathus arnoldii Radchenko, 1985

At a Glance

• Dulotic

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Russian Federation (type locality).

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.

Castes

Strongylognathus  X-ray micro-CT scan 3D model of Strongylognathus arnoldii (worker) prepared by the Economo lab at OIST.

Dulotic or “slave-raiding” ant species from Russia with saber-shaped mandibles. See on Sketchfab. See list of 3D images.

Nomenclature

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

• arnoldii. Strongylognathus arnoldii Radchenko, 1985a: 1514, fig. 1 (w.q.m.) UKRAINE (Crimea).
  • Type-material: holotype male, 6 paratype workers, 4 paratype queens, 4 paratype males.
  • Type-locality: holotype: Ukraine: Crimea, Gurzuf, x.1924 (K. Arnol’di); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: ZMUM (holotype); SIZK, ZMUM (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Radchenko, 1991: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 395; Borowiec, L. 2014: 163; Radchenko, 2016: 260.
  • Distribution: Ukraine.

References

• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Radchenko, A. G. 1985b. Ants of the genus Strongylognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the European part of the USSR. Zool. Zh. 6 64: 1514-1523 (page 1514, fig. 1 worker, queen, male described)
• Sanetra, M., Buschinger, A. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships among social parasites and their hosts in the ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). European Journal of Entomology 97: 95-117.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Czechowski W., A. Radchenko, W. Czechowska and K. Vepsäläinen. 2012. The ants of Poland with reference to the myrmecofauna of Europe. Fauna Poloniae 4. Warsaw: Natura Optima Dux Foundation, 1-496 pp