Strongylognathus destefanii

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Italy.

Nomenclature

 * . Strongylognathus destefanii Emery, 1915a: 263 (q.) ITALY (Sicily).
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: Italy: Sicily, nr Palermo, ca 1885 (T. De Stefani).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * Donisthorpe, 1927a: 6 (w.).
 * Status as species: Emery, 1916b: 199; Kutter, 1923: 338; Emery, 1924d: 285; Donisthorpe, 1927a: 6; Kutter, 1927: 101; Donisthorpe, 1936c: 114 (in list); Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 54; Kutter, 1968b: 205; Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 155 (redescription); Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 147; Bolton, 1976: 307; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 278 (in key); Poldi, 1994: 189 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 395; Poldi, et al. 1995: 6; Sanetra, Güsten & Schulz, 1999: 340; Petrov, 2006: 101 (in key); Borowiec, L. 2014: 163; Lebas, et al. 2016: 338.
 * Senior synonym of cecconii: Sanetra, Güsten & Schulz, 1999: 340.
 * Senior synonym of emeryi: Sanetra, Güsten & Schulz, 1999: 340.
 * Material of the unavailable name kutteri referred here by Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 54; Kutter, 1968b: 205; Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 155; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 147; Bolton, 1976: 307.
 * Distribution: Italy (+ Sicily).
 * cecconii. Strongylognathus huberi subsp. cecconii Emery, 1916b: 199.
 * Type-material: syntype queens (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Italy: Apulia, Tremiti Is, Caprara I., San Nicola I. (G. Cecconi).
 * Type-depositories: MCZC, MSNG.
 * [First available use of Strongylognathus huberi subsp. rehbinderi var. cecconii Emery, 1908d: 24 (q.) ITALY; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1909g: 186.
 * Subspecies of huberi: Kutter, 1923: 338; Emery, 1924d: 286; Santschi, 1927a: 58; Grandi, 1935: 101; Donisthorpe, 1936c: 114 (in list); Baroni Urbani, 1962: 133.
 * Status as species: Kutter, 1968b: 205; Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 153 (redescription); Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 146; Bolton, 1976: 307; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 278 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 395; Poldi, et al. 1995: 6; Petrov, 2006: 101 (in key) (error).
 * Junior synonym of destefanii: Sanetra, Güsten & Schulz, 1999: 340.
 * emeryi. Strongylognathus emeryi Menozzi, 1921: 30, fig. 3 (q.) ITALY.
 * Type-material: holotype queen.
 * Type-locality: Italy: Calabria, bank of Terme stream, nr Sambiase (C. Menozzi).
 * Type-depository: unknown (perhaps DEUN).
 * Status as species: Kutter, 1923: 338; Donisthorpe, 1936c: 114 (in list); Kutter, 1968b: 205; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 147; Bolton, 1976: 308; Bolton, 1995b: 395; Poldi, et al. 1995: 6.
 * Junior synonym of destefanii: Sanetra, Güsten & Schulz, 1999: 340.

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

 * Baroni Urbani, C. "Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia. I." Redia 47 (1962): 129-138.
 * Baroni Urbani, C. "Studi sulla mirmecofauna d'Italia. II. Formiche di Sicilia." Atti dell'Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania (6) 16 (1964): 25-66.
 * 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.
 * Cecconi G. 1908. Contributo alla fauna delle Isole Tremiti. Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino 23(583): 1-53.
 * Emery C. 1916. Fauna entomologica italiana. I. Hymenoptera.-Formicidae. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 47: 79-275.
 * Grandi G. 1935. Contributi alla conoscenza degli Imenotteri Aculeati. XV. Boll. R. Ist. Entomol. Univ. Studi Bologna 8: 27-121.
 * Poldi B., M. Mei, and F. Rigato. 1995. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Vol 102. Checklist delle specie della fauna Italiana: 1-10.
 * Sanetra M., R. Güsten, and A. Schulz. 1999. On the taxonomy and distribution of Italian Tetramorium species and their social parasites (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Mem. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 77: 317-357.
 * Santschi, F. "A propos du Tetramorium caespitum L." Folia Myrmecologica et Termitologica 1 (1927): 52-58.