• Lectotype designation: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 250.
• Radchenko & Elmes, 2002: 42 (q.m.)
• Subspecies of Myrmica smythiesii: Bolton, 1995b: 279.
• Status as species: Radchenko & Elmes, 2001b: 250; Radchenko & Elmes, 2002: 42; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 144; Bharti et al., 2016: 40; Bharti et al., 2016: 965.

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica smythiesii hecate

Citations

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