Strongylognathus minutus

Identification
Radchenko and Duibovikoff (2011)

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

Biology
This species is a slave-maker, but its host is.

Nomenclature

 * . Strongylognathus minutus Radchenko, 1991: 84, fig. 1 (w.q.m.) KAZAKHSTAN, TURKMENISTAN, UZBEKISTAN.
 * Type-material: holotype queen, 41 paratype workers, 10 paratype queens, 20 paratype males.
 * Type-locality: holotype Turkmenistan: Kopet Dag, Tuzly Valley, Chandyr, 27.x.1935, no. 6914 (K. Arnol’di); paratypes: 2 queens Kopet Dag, Dashtoi tract, 2.xi.1984 (G. Kuznetsov); 1 queen Turkmenistan: Ashkabat, 24.iii.1932 (L. Vlasov); 4 workers Kopet Dag, Kara-Kala, 3.iv.1982 (S. Zabelin), 15 workers, 6 queens, 13 males Kazakhstan: Dzhungaria Alatau, 95 km. from Ozeka, 30.viii.1978, no.206 (S. Bursakov), 6 workers Kazakhstan: left bank river Ili, Kalchagai rocks, 14.viii.1978, no. 151 (S. Bursakov), 6 workers, 7 males Kazakhstan: Katutau Mts, 1200-1400 m., 22.vii.1978 (S. Bursakov), 1 queen Uzbekistan: Yakkabag (Kashka-Darinskaya oblast), 29.xi.1941 (K. Arnol’di), 13 workers Uzbekistan: Varganza, 31.v.1978, no. 78-176 (G. Dlussky).
 * Type-depository: ZMUM.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 395; Schultz, R. et al. 2006: 206.
 * Distribution: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.