Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus

Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Strongylognathus
Species:	S. huberi
Subspecies:	S. huberi dalmaticus
Trinomial name
Strongylognathus huberi dalmaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969

At a Glance

• Dulotic

Identification

Borowiec and Salata (2013) - Schulz & Sanetra (2002) suggested that all Strongylognathus species recorded from Ionian and Adriatic Sea basins represents one variable species. Our material from Korfu and Crete and comparison it with photos of several specimens of S. huberi group showed in AntWeb resources (www.antweb.org) seems to confirm the opinion of above authors. Continental populations have the most sculptured head, island populations from west to east are gradually less and less sculptured. Populations from Korfu and Crete have the least sculptured head but specimens from Korfu are slightly more sculptured than specimens from Crete. Both populations agree well with the description of Strongylognathus dalmaticus and a photograph of its syntype.

The similar species Strongylognathus silvestrii details the means of separating these two species in the S. silvestrii identifcation text.

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 42.813° to 35.33333333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Croatia (type locality), France, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, Türkiye.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

Check data from AntWeb

Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

Worker

Borowiec and Salata, 2013. Figure 34. Worker.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• dalmaticus. Strongylognathus dalmaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969c: 154, figs. 2-4 (w.) CROATIA.
  • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated, “numerous”).
  • Type-locality: holotype Croatia (“Yugoslavia”): Busi I., nr Lissa, 24.vii.1968 (C. Baroni Urbani); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: NHMB (holotype); MSNV, NHMB (paratypes).
  • Status as species: Bolton, 1976: 307; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 278 (in key); Collingwood, 1993b: 195; Bolton, 1995b: 395; Petrov, 2006: 101 (in key); Legakis, 2011: 20; Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2012: 536; Lebas, et al. 2016: 338.
  • Subspecies of huberi: Borowiec, L. & Salata, 2013: 365; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 48.
  • Distribution: Croatia, Greece.

References

• Baroni Urbani, C. 1969b. Gli Strongylognathus del gruppo huberi nell'Europa occidentale: saggio di una revisione basata sulla casta operaia (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 99- 101: 132-168 (page 154, figs. 2-4 worker described)
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• Lapeva-Gjonova, A., Radchenko, A. 2021. Ant genus Strongylognathus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Bulgaria: a preliminary review. Biodiversity Data Journal 9, e65742 (doi:10.3897/bdj.9.e65742).

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• Salata, S., Borowiec, L., Trichas, A. 2020. Review of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Crete, with keys to species determination and zoogeographical remarks. Monographs of the Upper Silesian Museum No 12: 5–296 (doi:10.5281/ZENODO.3738001).