Strongylognathus christophi

Strongylognathus christophi
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 group:	christophi
Species:	S. christophi
Binomial name
Strongylognathus christophi Emery, 1889 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Strongylognathus huberi ruzskyi Emery, 1909

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

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 52.3° to 41.508577°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

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

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

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

Syntype of Strongylognathus huberi ruzskyi. Worker. 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.

References

• Bolton, B. 1976. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Constituent genera, review of smaller genera and revision of Triglyphothrix Forel. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 34: 281-379 (page 305, Status as species)
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Borowiec, L., van Delft, J.P.L., van Delft, J.J.C.W., Salata, S. 2023. Five ant species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) new to the Greek fauna with notes on ants from Greek Thrace. Annales of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom, Entomology 32 (online 008), 1-13 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.10101028).
• de la Mora, A., Sankovitz, M., Purcell, J. 2020. Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) as host and intruder: recent advances and future directions in the study of exploitative strategies. Myrmecological News 30: 53-71 (doi:10.25849/MYRMECOL.NEWS_030:053).
• Emery, C. 1889b. Intorno ad alcune formiche della fauna paleartica. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 27[=(2)(7): 439-443 (page 439, queen described)
• Emery, C. 1898c. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der palaearktischen Ameisen. Öfvers. Fin. Vetensk.-Soc. Förh. 20: 124-151 (page 145, Subspecies/variety of huberi)
• Emery, C. 1909f. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil IX. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 695-712 (page 709, Subspecies/variety of huberi)
• Emery, C. 1924f [1922]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [concl.]. Genera Insectorum 174C: 207-397 (page 285, Subspecies/variety of huberi)
• Forel, A. 1900h. Fourmis du Japon. Nids en toile. Strongylognathus Huberi et voisins. Fourmilière triple. Cyphomymrex Wheeleri. Fourmis importées. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 10: 267-287 (page 280, worker described)
• Forel, A. 1904d. Miscellanea myrmécologiques. Rev. Suisse Zool. 12: 1-52 (page 1, Status as 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).
• Pashaei Rad, S., Taylor, B., Torabi, R., Aram, E., Abolfathi, G., Afshari, R., Borjali, F., Ghatei, M., Hediary, F., Jazini, F., Heidary Kiah, V., Mahmoudi, Z., Safariyan, F., Seiri, M. 2018. Further records of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Iran. Zoology in the Middle East 64, 145-159 (doi:10.1080/09397140.2018.1442301).
• Pisarski, B. 1966. Études sur les fourmis du genre Strongylognathus Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 23: 509-523 (page 510, Status as species)
• 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 1519, male described)
• 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 1519, Status as species)
• Radchenko, A. G. 1991b. Ants of the genus Strongylognathus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR fauna. Zool. Zh. 70(1 10: 84-90 (page 88, Senior synonym of ruzskyi)
• Ruzsky, M. 1905b. The ants of Russia. (Formicariae Imperii Rossici). Systematics, geography and data on the biology of Russian ants. Part I. Tr. Obshch. Estestvoispyt. Imp. Kazan. Univ. 38(4-6 6: 1-800 (page 545, Status as species)
• 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.
• Seifert, B. 2018. The ants of Central and Northern Europe. lutra Verlags- und Vertiebsgesellschaft, Tauer, 408 pp.
• Stukalyuk, S.V., Radchenko, A., Reshetov, A., Akhmedov, A., Goncharenko, I. 2021. Comparative analysis of the population structure of Crematogaster subdentata and Lasius neglectus in the primary and secondary ranges (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 53, 43-51 (doi:10.13133/2284-4880/436).
• Tarbinsky, Y.S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. (page 116, Status as species)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1909g. Observations on some European ants. J. N. Y. Entomol. Soc. 17: 172-187 (page 186, Subspecies/variety of huberi)
• Zryanin, V.A. and Zryanina, T.A. 2007. Novye dannye o faune murav’ev Srednego Povolzh’ya. Uspekhi Sovremennoj Biologii. 127:226-240. [in Russian]

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)