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: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1979
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Strongylognathus
Eciton
Eciton testaceum
Fennoscandia
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/6283818
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283818
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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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