• Lectotype designation: Francoeur, 2007: 156.
• Weber, 1950c: 217 (m.)
• Subspecies of Myrmica punctiventris: Wheeler, 1910a: 566; Emery, 1921c: 38; Smith, 1932: 157; Dennis, 1938: 288; Wesson & Wesson, 1940: 94; Weber, 1950c: 217 (redescription); Smith, 1951c: 790; Smith, 1958c: 113; Smith, 1967a: 349.
• Status as species: Creighton, 1950a: 102; Carter, 1962a: 6 (in list); Francoeur, 1977b: 206; Smith, 1979: 1350; Wheeler et al., 1994: 303; Bolton, 1995b: 282; Coovert, 2005: 38; MacGown & Forster, 2005: 70; Francoeur, 2007: 156 (redescription); Ellison et al., 2012: 290.
• Senior synonym of Myrmica punctiventris isfahani: Francoeur, 2007: 156.

Junior synonyms

• Myrmica punctiventris isfahani Forel, 1922

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica punctiventris pinetorum

Citations

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