Strongylognathus

Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8, pp. 1-174 : 80

publication ID

6175

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283818

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/CB4D7E12-8F45-BEFD-3524-4420FF1B3CB5

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scientific name

Strongylognathus
status

 

Genus Strongylognathus View in CoL   HNS Mayr, 1853

Strongylognathus   HNS Mayr, 1853:389.

Type-species: Eciton testaceum Schenck   HNS , 1852.

Worker and queen. Mandibles falcate, tapering to apex, edentate or occasionally with a minute denticle before apex. Palp formula -4:3, antennae 12 segmented. Propodeum with a pair of very small denticles.

Male. Mandibles as worker but smaller; antennae 10 segmented with elongated second funicular segment as in Tetramorium   HNS .

This is a palaearctic genus with several species each dependant on one or other Tetramorium   HNS species. One species only occurs in North Europe.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

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