Strongylognathus
- Dataset
- The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark.
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Formicidae
- genus
- Strongylognathus
description
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.
distribution
This is a palaearctic genus with several species each dependant on one or other Tetramorium species. One species only occurs in North Europe.
Name
- Homonyms
- Strongylognathus
- Strongylognathus