Ant genus Strongylognathus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Bulgaria: a preliminary review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Strongylognathus Mayr, 1853 is a Palaearctic genus, comprising 25 ant species and one subspecies, all permanent social parasites, infesting colonies of various species of Tetramorium Mayr, 1855. They have patchy distribution throughout their areas and most of them are very rare and listed as vulnerable.The taxonomy of the Strongylognathus huberi group needs thorough revision and the results presented below can be considered as preliminary.

New information

Four species of the socially parasitic ant genus Strongylognathus (S. karawajewi Pisarski, 1966, S. huberi dalmaticus Baroni Urbani, 1969, S. afer Emery, 1884 and S. italicus Finzi, 1924) are recorded for the first time from Bulgaria and, together with the p

SUBMITTER: Lapeva-Gjonova A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8163718 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature