• Lectotype designation: Radchenko, 2005b: 143.
• Subspecies of Myrmica rubra: Yano, 1910a: 420.
• Status as species: Emery, 1908a: 171; Emery, 1921c: 37; Teranishi, 1932: 50; Santschi, 1937h: 367; Weber, 1947b: 469; Azuma, 1955: 79; Collingwood, 1976a: 301; Onoyama, 1980a: 196; Collingwood, 1981: 26; Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 102; Ogata, 1991b: 77; Morisita et al., 1992: 11; Radchenko, 1994d: 137 (in key); Radchenko, 1994h: 74; Bolton, 1995b: 280; Imai et al., 2003: 182; Radchenko, 2005b: 143; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 179; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 47; Chen et al., 2016: 120 (in key).
• Senior synonym of Myrmica chinensis: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 179; Chen et al., 2016: 90.
• Senior synonym of Myrmica helleri: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 179; Chen et al., 2016: 90.
• Senior synonym of Myrmica kozlovi ruzskyi Kiseleva, 1925: Radchenko, 1994h: 74; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 179.

Junior synonyms

• Myrmica chinensis Viehmeyer, 1922
• Myrmica helleri Viehmeyer, 1922
• Myrmica kozlovi ruzskyi Kiseleva, 1925

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica rubra kurokii

Citations

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