• Lectotype designation: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 251.
• [Misspelled as kashmiriensis by Menozzi, 1939a: 295 (in key).]
• [Misspelled as cashmiriensis by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 130.]
• Menozzi, 1939a: 292 (m.)
• Subspecies of Myrmica smythiesii: Forel, 1906b: 87; Emery, 1921c: 41; Eidmann, 1941a: 15; Menozzi, 1939a: 292; Weber, 1947b: 457; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 130; Bolton, 1995b: 278.
• Status as species: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 251; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 107; Bharti et al., 2016: 40; Bharti et al., 2016: 964; Rasheed et al., 2019: 433.
• Senior synonym of Myrmica smythiesii lutescens: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 251; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 107; Bharti et al., 2016: 964.

Junior synonyms

• Myrmica smythiesii lutescens Menozzi, 1939

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica smythiesii cachmiriensis

Citations

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