Strongylognathus insularis

Strongylognathus insularis
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. insularis
Binomial name
Strongylognathus insularis Baroni Urbani, 1968

At a Glance

• Dulotic

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Italy, Malta (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.

Nomenclature

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

• insularis. Strongylognathus insularis Baroni Urbani, 1968b: 470, figs. 38, 39 (w.) MALTA (Comino I.).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated, “numerous”).
  • Type-locality: holotype Malta: Comino I., 24.iv.1965 (C. Baroni Urbani); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: NHMB (holotype); MSNV, NHMB (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 156 (redescription); Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 149; Bolton, 1976: 308; Schembri & Collingwood, 1981: 435; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 278 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 395; Schembri & Collingwood, 1995: 155; Petrov, 2006: 101 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 163.
  • Distribution: Italy (Sicily), Malta.

References

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1968e. Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia. IV. La fauna mirmecologica delle isole Maltesi ed il suo significato ecologico e biogeografico. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. "Giacomo Doria" 77: 408-559 (page 470, figs. 38, 39 worker described)
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Menchetti, M., Schifani, E., Alicata, A., Vila, R. 2023. Quantitative morphology and mtDNA reveal that Lasius maltaeus is not endemic to the Maltese Islands (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Hymenoptera Research 95, 129–142 (doi:10.3897/jhr.95.96365).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Baroni Urbani C. 1968. Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia. IV. La fauna mirmecologica delle isole Maltesi ed il suo significato ecologico e biogeografico. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Giacomo Doria 77: 408-559.
• 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.
• Gomez K. 2017. Two species of exotic ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) new to Malta. Boletin de la Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa (S.E.A.) 61: 233-235.
• Schembri, Stephen P. and Cedric A. Collingwood. A Revision of the Myrmecofauna of the Maltese Islands. 417-442.