Strongylognathus

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collingwood, C. A.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 1979
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Strongylognathus
Eciton
Eciton testaceum
Fennoscandia
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283817
https://zenodo.org/record/6283817
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Summary: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. : 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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