Strongylognathus christophi

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Strongylognathus christophi
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Strongylognathus
Species group: christophi
Species: S. christophi
Binomial name
Strongylognathus christophi
Emery, 1889

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Specimen Labels

Synonyms

Zryanin & Zryanina (2007) report this species from steppe habitats in Russia while Pashaei Rad et al. (2018) found this species in Iran in a Caspian moist littoral area.

At a Glance • Dulotic  

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 52.3° to 41.508577°.

 
North
Temperate
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Subtropical
Tropical South
Subtropical
South
Temperate

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation (type locality), Turkmenistan.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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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.
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Biology

Association with Other Organisms

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  • This species is a slave maker for the ant Tetramorium caespitum (a host) (de la Mora et al., 2021; Radchenko, 1991; Sanetra & Buschinger, 2000) (sometimes as Tetramorium cf. caespitum).
  • This species is a slave maker for the ant Tetramorium impurum (a host) (de la Mora et al., 2021; Radchenko, 1991; Sanetra & Buschinger, 2000) (as Tetramorium cf. impurum).

Castes

Images from AntWeb

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Syntype of Strongylognathus huberi ruzskyiWorker. Specimen code casent0904867. Photographer Will Ericson, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. Owned by MSNG, Genoa, Italy.

Nomenclature

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

  • christophi. Strongylognathus christophi Emery, 1889a: 439 (q.) RUSSIA.
    • Type-material: lectotype queen (by designation of Pisarski, 1966: 510).
    • Type-locality: Russia: Sarepta, on the Volga River (Christoph).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Forel, 1900e: 280 (w.); Radchenko, 1985a: 1519 (m.).
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1909d: 709; Wheeler, W.M. 1909g: 186.
    • Subspecies of huberi: Emery, 1898c: 145; Wheeler, W.M. 1909g: 186; Kutter, 1923: 338; Emery, 1924d: 285; Donisthorpe, 1936c: 114 (in list); Karavaiev, 1936: 278.
    • Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 129; Forel, 1900e: 279 (in key); Ruzsky, 1902a: 234; Ruzsky, 1903b: 310; Forel, 1904c: 1; Ruzsky, 1905b: 545; Pisarski, 1966: 509 (redescription); Kutter, 1968b: 205; Bolton, 1976: 305; Tarbinsky, 1976: 116 (redescription); Arnol’di & Dlussky, 1978: 546 (in key); Radchenko, 1985a: 1519; Radchenko, 1991: 88; Bolton, 1995b: 395; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 206; Zryanin & Zryanina, 2007: 232; Borowiec, L. 2014: 163; Radchenko, 2016: 259.
    • Senior synonym of ruzskyi: Radchenko, 1991: 88; Radchenko, 2016: 259.
    • Senior synonym of bulgaricus: Seifert, 2018: 239 (in text).
    • Distribution: Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine.
  • bulgaricus. Strongylognathus rehbinderi subsp. bulgaricus Pisarski, 1966: 515.
    • Type-material: lectotype queen (by designation of Pisarski, 1966: 516), 2 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype queens, 2 paralectotype males.
    • Type-locality: lectotype Bulgaria: Tirnowa (F, Schimmer); paralectotypes with same data..
    • Type-depository: MNHU.
    • [First available use of Strongylognathus huberi subsp. rehbinderi var. bulgarica Viehmeyer, 1922: 211 (w.q.m.) BULGARIA; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Kutter, 1923: 338.
    • Status as species: Kutter, 1968b: 205; Bolton, 1976: 306; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 158.
    • Synonym of kratochvili: Pisarski, 1966: 515; Kutter, 1968b: 205; Bolton, 1976: 306.
    • [Note: Pisarski, Kutter, and Bolton give bulgaricus as senior synonym, but kratochvili has priority (Bolton, 1995b: 395).]
    • Junior synonym of kratochvili: Bolton, 1995b: 395.
    • Junior synonym of christophi: Seifert, 2018: 239 (in text).
  • ruzskyi. Strongylognathus huberi subsp. ruzskyi Emery, 1909d: 711, fig. 6 (w.) RUSSIA.
    • Type-material: holotype worker.
    • Type-locality: Russia: Ural, Inderskaia Mt (Ruzsky).
    • Type-depository: MSNG.
    • Radchenko, 1985a: 1517 (q.m.).
    • Subspecies of huberi: Wheeler, W.M. 1909g: 186; Ruzsky, 1923: 3; Kutter, 1923: 338; Emery, 1924d: 286; Donisthorpe, 1936c: 114 (in list).
    • Status as species: Kutter, 1968b: 205; Bolton, 1976: 309; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 546 (in key); Radchenko, 1985a: 1517; Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 233; Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 210; Bolton, 1995b: 395 (error).
    • Junior synonym of christophi: Radchenko, 1991: 88; Radchenko, 2016: 259.

Description

References

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.
  • Dubovikoff D. A., and Z. M. Yusupov. 2018. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.
  • Forel A. 1900. Fourmis du Japon. Nids en toile. Strongylognathus Huberi et voisins. Fourmilière triple. Cyphomymrex Wheeleri. Fourmis importées. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 10: 267-287.
  • Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
  • Marikovsky P. I. 1979. Ants of the Semireche Desert. [In Russian.]. Alma Ata: Nauka, 263 pp.
  • Pashaei Rad S., B. Taylor, R. Torabi, E. Aram, G. Abolfathi, R. Afshari, F. Borjali, M. Ghatei, F. Hediary, F. Jazini, V. Heidary Kiah, Z. Mahmoudi, F. Safariyan, and M. Seiri. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64(2): 145-159.
  • Pisarski B. 1966. Études sur les fourmis du genre Strongylognathus Mayr. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 23: 509-523.
  • Reznikova Z. I. 2003. Distribution patterns of ants in different natural zones and landscapes in Kazakhstan and West Siberia along a meridian trend. Euroasian Entomological Journal 2(4): 235-342.
  • Ruzsky, M. 1923. Ants of Cheleken Island. Izv. Tomsk. Gos. Univ. 72(2nd p part: 1-6
  • Stukalyuk S. V. 2016. Crematogaster subdentata Mayr, 1877, a potentially invasive species of ant (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) new to the fauna of Crimea. Entomological Review 95(8)