Strongylognathus italicus

The biology of this species is essentially unknown. Alates have been found in August and September and was found to the host within the type nest (Seifert, 2018).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Italy.

Nomenclature

 *  italicus. Strongylognathus huberi subsp. italica Finzi, 1924a: 14 (q.) ITALY. Raised to species: Bolton, 1976: 308.

Taxonomic Notes
Seifert (2018) found that S. 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.