• Lectotype designation: Yarrow, 1955c: 114.
• [Misspelled as rufa by Zetterstedt, 1838: 450.]
• Latreille, 1798: 48 (q.m.); Latreille, 1802a: 248 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953a: 118 (l.); Hauschteck, 1965: 325 (k.).
• Combination in Manica: Jurine, 1807: 279.
• Combination in Myrmica: Latreille, 1804: 179; Latreille, 1809: 131.
• Status as species: Linnaeus, 1761: 427; Linnaeus, 1767: 963; Fabricius, 1782: 490; Fabricius, 1787: 308; Gmelin, 1790: 2799; Christ, 1791: 513; Olivier, 1792: 493; Fabricius, 1793: 353; Latreille, 1798: 48; Latreille, 1802a: 246; Walckenaer, 1802: 165; Latreille, 1804: 179; Fabricius, 1804: 400; Gravenhorst, 1807: 286; Jurine, 1807: 279; Latreille, 1809: 131; Lamarck, 1817: 98; Latreille, 1818b: 149; Billberg, 1820: 104; Stephens, 1829b: 356; Brullé, 1833: 327; Losana, 1834: 330; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 181; Zetterstedt, 1838: 450; Schilling, 1839: 56; Smith, 1851: 4; Curtis, 1854: 213; Forel, 1874: 75 (in key); Emery & Forel, 1879: 460; Lameere, 1892: 68; Dalla Torre, 1893: 113; Emery, 1895d: 312; Saunders, 1896: 39; Forel, 1899b: 63; Emery, 1908a: 169; Bondroit, 1910: 494; Karavaiev, 1912b: 583; Forel, 1915d: 28 (in key); Emery, 1916a: 119; Escherich, 1917: 325 (in key); Nadig, 1918: 338; Emery, 1921c: 38; Soudek, 1923b: 110; Stärcke, 1926a: 89 (in key); Karavaiev, 1927d: 258 (in key); Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927e: 193; Santschi, 1932e: 69; Karavaiev, 1934: 65 (redescription); Weber, 1947b: 448; Brian & Brian, 1949: 393; Creighton, 1950a: 103; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 128; Sadil, 1952: 240; Yarrow, 1955c: 114; Ceballos, 1956: 296; Collingwood, 1958d: 67; Collingwood, 1962c: 217, 222; Smith, 1967a: 349; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 55; Arnol'di, 1970b: 1833 (in key); Collingwood, 1971: 156; Bolton & Collingwood, 1975: 5 (in key); Pisarski, 1975: 10; Arnol'di, 1976a: 554 (in key); Tarbinsky, 1976: 40 (redescription); Van Boven, 1977: 115; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 530 (in key); Collingwood, 1978: 78 (in key); Day & Fitton, 1978: 196 (Linnean collection specimen); Smith, 1979: 1350; Collingwood, 1979: 52; Onoyama, 1980a: 197; Pearson, 1981: 75; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 53; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 267 (in key); Nilsson & Douwes, 1987: 66; Seifert, 1988b: 5 (redescription); Onoyama, 1989a: 131; Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c: 435; Ogata, 1991b: 78; Morisita et al., 1992: 11; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 83; Arakelian, 1994: 25; Petrov, 1994: 254; Radchenko, 1994b: 105 (in key); Radchenko, 1994d: 137 (in key); Radchenko, 1994h: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 282; Douwes, 1995: 87; Poldi et al., 1995: 2; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 92; Espadaler, 1997g: 30; Radchenko et al., 1997: 483; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 12 (in key); Gallé et al., 1998: 214; Wei et al., 2001: 562 (in key); Czechowski et al., 2002: 17; Markó & Csősz, 2002: 112; Imai et al., 2003: 182; Karaman & Karaman, 2003: 43; Bračko, 2006: 138; Markó et al., 2006: 70; Petrov, 2006: 87 (in key); Schultz et al., 2006: 206; Steiner et al., 2006a: 777; Bračko, 2007: 18; Zryanin & Zryanina, 2007: 230; Seifert, 2007: 204; Bolton, 2005: 13 (in key); Pfeiffer et al., 2007: 5; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 146; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 140; Borowiec et al., 2009: 378; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 490; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 9; Boer, 2010: 56; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 228; Csősz et al., 2011: 56; Karaman, 2011b: 45; Legakis, 2011: 5; Wetterer & Radchenko, 2011: 87; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 522; Ellison et al., 2012: 293; Czechowski et al., 2012: 73; Czekes et al., 2012: 41 (in key); Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 48; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 22; Yamane & Aibek, 2012: 180; Borowiec, 2014: 132; Bračko et al., 2014: 14; Lebas et al., 2016: 312; Radchenko, 2016: 117; Chen et al., 2016: 114 (in key); Steiner et al., 2017: 14; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 47; Seifert, 2018: 166; Werner et al., 2018: 7.
• Senior synonym of Myrmica laevinodis bruesi: Yarrow, 1955c: 114; Smith, 1979: 1350; Bolton, 1995b: 282; Imai et al., 2003: 182; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 228; Radchenko, 2016: 118.
• Senior synonym of Myrmica rubra champlaini: Yarrow, 1955c: 114; Smith, 1979: 1350; Bolton, 1995b: 282; Imai et al., 2003: 182; Radchenko, 2016: 117.
• Senior synonym of Myrmica rubra europaea: Radchenko et al., 1997: 483; Czechowski et al., 2002: 17; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 228; Czechowski et al., 2012: 73; Radchenko, 2016: 118.
• Senior synonym of Myrmica laevinodis: Yarrow, 1955c: 114; Collingwood, 1958d: 67; Smith, 1967a: 349; Arnol'di, 1970b: 1839; Collingwood, 1971: 156; Bolton & Collingwood, 1975: 17; Tarbinsky, 1976: 40; Van Boven, 1977: 117; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 530 (in key); Collingwood, 1979: 52; Smith, 1979: 1350; Onoyama, 1980a: 197; Seifert, 1988b: 5; Onoyama, 1989a: 131; Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990c: 435; Arakelian, 1994: 25; Radchenko, 1994h: 72; Bolton, 1995b: 282; Poldi et al., 1995: 2; Radchenko et al., 1997: 483; Gallé et al., 1998: 214; Czechowski et al., 2002: 17; Imai et al., 2003: 182; Radchenko, 2007: 30; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 139; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 140; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 490; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 228; Csősz et al., 2011: 56; Czechowski et al., 2012: 73; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 22; Radchenko, 2016: 117.
• Senior synonym of Myrmica longiscapus: Bolton, 1995b: 282; Imai et al., 2003: 182; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 228; Radchenko, 2016: 118.
• Senior synonym of Myrmica microrubra: Steiner et al., 2006a: 777; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 146; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 228; Csősz et al., 2011: 56; Czechowski et al., 2012: 73; Schär & Nash, 2014: 2396; Radchenko, 2016: 118.

Junior synonyms

• Myrmica laevinodis Nylander, 1846
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica rubra laevinodis
• Myrmica laevinodis bruesi Weber, 1947
• Myrmica longiscapus Curtis, 1854
• Myrmica microrubra Seifert, 1993
• Myrmica rubra champlaini Forel, 1901
• Myrmica rubra europaea Finzi, 1926
  Obsolete combination(s): Myrmica laevinodis europaea

Obsolete combinations

• Formica rubra

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