• Junior synonym of Myrmica lobicornis: Seifert, 1988b: 38; of Myrmica schencki: Bernard, 1967a: 118; Radchenko, 1994h: 77.
• Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Elmes et al., 2008: 99.
• See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 206.

Citations

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