Strongylognathus alboini

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland.

Nomenclature

 * . Strongylognathus huberi subsp. alboini Finzi, 1924b: 121 (w.) ITALY.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated, “some”).
 * Type-locality: Italy: Venezia Giulia, base Mt Nanos, 28.v.1923 (B. Finzi).
 * Type-depository: MCZC.
 * Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 141 (q.m.).
 * Status as species: Kutter, 1968b: 205; Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 141 (redescription); Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 146; Bolton, 1976: 306; Kutter, 1977c: 161; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 278 (in key); Poldi, 1994: 189 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 395; Poldi, et al. 1995: 6; Petrov, 2006: 101 (in key); Bračko, 2007: 18; Borowiec, L. 2014: 162; Lebas, et al. 2016: 338.
 * Distribution: Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland.

Taxonomic Notes
Seifert (2018) found that Strongylognathus italicus clusters with, and is morphologically similar to, Strongylognathus alboini and the two should be synonomised. However, currently available data did not exclude the possibility that Strongylognathus destefanii (or one of its two junior synonyms, Strongylognathus emeryi or Strongylognathus huberi cecconii) may be a senior synonym within this set. As such, no formal taxonomic changes were proposed.

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.
 * Bracko G. 2007. Checklist of the ants of Slovenia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Natura Sloveniae 9: 15-24
 * Finzi, B. "Secondo contributo alla conoscenza della fauna mirmecologica della Venezia Giulia." Bollettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 56 (1924): 120-123.
 * Neumeyer R., and B. Seifert. 2005. Commented check list of free living ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) species of Switzerland. Bulletin de la Societe Entomologique Suisse 78: 1-17.
 * Vesnic A. 2013. The first record of the ant genus Strongylognathus (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Bosnia and Herzegovina with notes on the distribution of the genus in the western part of the Balkan Peninsula. Acta Entomologica Serbica 18(1/2): 187-193.