The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark.
Author
Collingwood, C. A.
text
Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica
1979
8
1
174
http://antbase.org/ants/publications/6175/6175.pdf
journal article
6175
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.