Published December 31, 1979 | Version v1
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Strongylognathus

Description

Genus Strongylognathus Mayr, 1853

Strongylognathus Mayr, 1853:389.

Type-species: Eciton testaceum Schenck, 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.

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

Notes

Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., pp. 1-174 in Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8 on page 80

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Biodiversity

Family
Formicidae
Genus
Strongylognathus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
testaceum
Taxon rank
genus