Strongylognathus silvestrii

Strongylognathus silvestrii
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. silvestrii
Binomial name
	Strongylognathus silvestrii; Menozzi, 1936 Specimen Labels

At a Glance

• Dulotic

Identification

The sympatric occurrence of Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus and S. silvestrii on Crete supports the distinctiveness of the two taxa. They differ in many characters: in dorsal view S. silvestrii appears slimmer than S. h. dalmaticus, with more narrow petiole and postpetiole; sculpture of the head in S. silvestrii is residual with only few striae on sides of anterior margin of head and behind eyes while in S. h. dalmaticus distinct striae occur on sides of anterior margin of head, around antennal scrobes, on sides of frontal triangle and on sides of head, also along ventral margin of eyes. Punctation of head in S. silvestrii is distinctly finer and sparser than in S. h. dalmaticus. Propodeal spines in S. silvestrii are distinctly smaller than in S. h. dalmaticus. S. silvestrii has less sculptured petiole and postpetiole with anterior face and top of nodes mostly smooth and shiny while in S. h. dalmaticus the anterior face of petiole is microreticulate and partly dull, top of nodes completely microreticulate with few low rugae.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 38.65° to 35.21666°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Greece (type locality), Türkiye.

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 dulotic parasite for the ant Tetramorium lucidulum (a host) (Buschinger & Douwes, 1993; de la Mora et al., 2021; Sanetra et al., 1999; Sanetra & Buschinger, 2000).
This species is a dulotic parasite for the ant Tetramorium semilaeve (a host) (Buschinger & Douwes, 1993; de la Mora et al., 2021; Sanetra et al., 1999; Sanetra & Buschinger, 2000).

Castes

Worker


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Nomenclature

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

silvestrii. Strongylognathus silvestrii Menozzi, 1936d: 292, fig. XIV (w.q.) GREECE (Rhodes I.).
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “several”), 1 syntype queen.
- Type-locality: Greece: Rhodes I., Cattavia and Mt Attairo, 800 m. (C. Menozzi?).
- Type-depository: IEUB.
- Status as species: Kutter, 1968b: 205; Bolton, 1976: 309; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 57; Bolton, 1995b: 395; Schulz, A. & Sanetra, 2002: 164; Legakis, 2011: 20; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 537; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 24; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2013: 367; Borowiec, L. 2014: 164; Lebas, et al. 2016: 338; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 48.
- Distribution: Greece, Turkey.

Description

References

Borowiec, L. & Salata, S. 2013. Ants of Greece – additions and corrections (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 24, 335-401.
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., Salata, S. 2022. A monographic review of ants of Greece (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Vol. 1. Introduction and review of all subfamilies except the subfamily Myrmicinae. Part 1: text. Natural History Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum 1: 1-297.
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).
Kiran, K., Karaman, C. 2020. Additions to the ant fauna of Turkey (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zoosystema 42(18), 285-329 (doi:10.5252/zoosystema2020v42a18).
Menozzi, C. 1936b. Nuovi contributi alla conoscenza della fauna delle Isole italiane dell'Egeo. VI. Hymenoptera - Formicidae. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 29: 262-311 (page 292, fig. 14 worker, queen described)
Salata, S., Borowiec, L., Trichas, A. 2020. Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Crete, with keys to species determination and zoogeographical remarks. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum No 12: 5–296 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3738001).
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

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.
Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2012. Ants of Greece - Checklist, comments and new faunistic data (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus 23(4): 461-563.
Borowiec L., and S. Salata. 2013. Ants of Greece additions and corrections (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 24(3-4): 335-401.
Salata S., L. Borowiec, and A.Trichas. 2018. Taxonomic Revision of the Cretan Fauna of the Genus Temnothorax Mayr, 1861 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with Notes on the Endemism of Ant Fauna of Crete. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 68(4): 769-808.
Salata S., and L Borowiec. 2017. Species of Tetramorium semilaeve complex from Balkans and western Turkey, with description of two new species of (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 62:279–313.
Salata S., and L. Borowiec. 2018. Taxonomic and faunistic notes on Greek ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Annals of the Upper Silesian Museum in Bytom Entomology 27: 1-51.
Schulz, A., and M. Sanetra. "Notes on the socially parasitic ants of Turkey and the synonymy of Epimyrma (Hymenoptera: Formcidae)." Entomofauna, Zeitschrift für Entomologie 23 (14) (2002): 157-172.