Strongylognathus chelifer

Distribution
The record of S. cheliferus from China is very improbable. This species is known only from southern Ukraine and belongs to the huberi species-group. We suppose that its record from China might belong to S. koreanus or to S. dao. Hence, we propose to remove S. cheliferus from the list of Chinese ants. (Rachenko et al., 2017)

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Russian Federation, Ukraine.

Nomenclature

 * . Strongylognathus cheliferus Radchenko, 1985a: 1516, fig. 2 (q.m.) UKRAINE (Kherson).
 * Type-material: holotype male, 4 paratype queens, 3 paratype males.
 * Type-locality: holotype: Ukraine: Kherson oblast, Askania-Nova, 10.vii.1981 (A. Radchenko); paratypes: 3 queens with same data, 1 queen, 3 males with same data but vii.1983 (Khomenko).
 * Type-depositories: SIZK (holotype); SIZK, ZMUM (paratypes).
 * [Justified emendation of spelling to chelifer: Radchenko, 2016: 261.]
 * Status as species: Radchenko, 1991: 89; Bolton, 1995b: 395; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 53; Borowiec, L. 2014: 163; Radchenko, 2016: 261.
 * Distribution: Ukraine.