Strongylognathus christophi

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.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation, Turkmenistan.

Nomenclature

 * . 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 based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * 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.
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