Strongylognathus alpinus

Strongylognathus alpinus is found in upper montane and subalpine zones between 1450 and 2100m in stony pastures, grassy rubble fans and clearings of sun-exposed woodlands with stones; nests are usually under stones and are frequently very large, sometimes extending over several square meters and probably containing some 15,000 or more workers (along with up to 45,000 host workers) (Seifert, 2018). It is a slave-making ant which uses and  as hosts.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Switzerland.

Nomenclature

 * . Strongylognathus huberi subsp. alpinus Wheeler, W.M. 1909g: 178, fig. 1 (w.q.m.) SWITZERLAND.
 * Type-material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated, “numerous), 2 syntype males.
 * Type-localities: 2 colonies Switzerland: <1 km. below Zermatt, W slope Matter Valley, ca 1620 m., 13-14.viii.1909 (W.M. Wheeler), 4 colonies Switzerland: right bank of Triftbach, ca 15 mins walk from Zermatt, 18.viii.1909 (W.M. Wheeler).
 * Type-depository: MCZC.
 * Hauschteck, 1962: 219 (k.).
 * Subspecies of huberi: Forel, 1915d: 15 (in key); Emery, 1916b: 199; Kutter, 1920a: 528; Soudek, 1922: 29; Kutter, 1923: 387; Emery, 1924d: 286; Grandi, 1935: 101; Donisthorpe, 1936c: 114 (in list); Novák & Sadil, 1941: 88 (in key); Bernard, 1967: 238 (in key).
 * Status as species: Bondroit, 1918: 111; Kutter, 1968a: 60; Kutter, 1968b: 205; Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 140 (redescription); Bolton, 1976: 306; Kutter, 1977c: 165; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 278 (in key); Poldi, 1994: 189 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 395; Sanetra, Güsten & Schulz, 1999: 337; Petrov, 2006: 101 (in key); Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 493; Borowiec, L. 2014: 162; Lebas, et al. 2016: 338; Seifert, 2018: 237.
 * Distribution: France, Italy (+ Sicily), Switzerland.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Antarea (at www.antarea.fr on June 11th 2017)
 * 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.
 * Buschinger, A., W. Ehrhardt, and K. Fischer. "Doronomyrmex pacis, Epimyrma stumperi und E. goesswaldi (Hym., Formicidae) neu für Frankreich." Insectes Sociaux 28 (1981): 67-70.
 * Casevitz-Weulersse J., and C. Galkowski. 2009. Liste actualisee des Fourmis de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 114: 475-510.
 * 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.
 * 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.
 * Sanetra M., R. Güsten, and A. Schulz. 1999. On the taxonomy and distribution of Italian Tetramorium species and their social parasites (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Memorie della Societa Entomologica Italiana 77: 317-357.