Strongylognathus huberi

Found in sun-exposed stony pastures and other open habitats where it usually nests under stones. Known hosts of this slave-making species are, and  (Sanetra & Buschinger, 2000; Seifert, 2018; de la Mora et al., 2021).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 * . Strongylognathus huberi Forel, 1874: 71 (in key), 94 (w.) SWITZERLAND.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Switzerland: (no further data).
 * [Note: Forel, 1900e: 278 provides the Swiss locality of Valais, Fully, 7.vii.-20.viii., which Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 137, interprets as type-data; but this assumption may be incorrect.]
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * André, 1885: 851 (q.); Forel, 1900e: 278 (m.); Hauschteck, 1962: 213 (k.).
 * Status as species: Emery, 1878b: 52; Emery & Forel, 1879: 457; André, 1883a: 282 (in key); André, 1885: 851; Emery, 1891b: 4; Dalla Torre, 1893: 129; Wasmann, 1894: 164; Ruzsky, 1896: 71; Forel, 1900e: 277; Wheeler, W.M. 1901c: 709; Emery, 1909d: 707; Wheeler, W.M. 1909g: 176, 186; Forel, 1915d: 15 (in key); Emery, 1916b: 199; Bondroit, 1918: 110; Kutter, 1920a: 528; Soudek, 1922: 29; Kutter, 1923: 388; Emery, 1924d: 285; Finzi, 1924a: 14; Finzi, 1924b: 121; Arnol'di, 1933b: 598 (in key); Karavaiev, 1936: 278; Donisthorpe, 1936c: 114 (in list); Novák & Sadil, 1941: 88 (in key); Ceballos, 1956: 307; Baroni Urbani, 1962: 132; Bernard, 1967: 238 (redescription); Kutter, 1968a: 60; Kutter, 1968b: 205; Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 137 (redescription); Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 148; Bolton, 1976: 308; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 278 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 395; Poldi, et al. 1995: 6; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 18; Sanetra, Güsten & Schulz, 1999: 335; Tinaut, Ruano & Martinez, 2005: 473; Petrov, 2006: 101 (in key); Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 493; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 24; Borowiec, L. 2014: 163 (see note in bibliography); Lebas, et al. 2016: 338; Seifert, 2018: 236.
 * Senior synonym of gallica: Baroni Urbani, 1962: 132; Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 137; Bolton, 1976: 308; Bolton, 1995b: 395; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 493.
 * Distribution: Bosnia, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Serbia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey.
 * Current subspecies: nominal plus dalmaticus.
 * gallica. Strongylognathus gallica Bondroit, 1918: 111.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-localities: France: Marseille, and Pyrenees (no collectors’ names).
 * Type-depository: MSNG.
 * [First available use of Strongylognathus huberi subsp. huberi var. gallica Emery, 1909d: 709 (w.) FRANCE; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
 * As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, W.M. 1909g: 186.
 * Subspecies of huberi: Kutter, 1923: 338; Donisthorpe, 1936c: 114 (in list); Kutter, 1923: 388; Emery, 1924d: 286.
 * Status as species: Kutter, 1968b: 205.
 * Junior synonym of huberi: Baroni Urbani, 1962: 132; Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 137; Bolton, 1976: 308; Bolton, 1995b: 395; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 493.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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