• Radchenko & Elmes, 1998: 9 (m.); Weber, 1950c: 223 (q.)
• Subspecies of Myrmica margaritae: Wheeler, 1930k: 62; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 127.
• Subspecies of Myrmica ritae: Weber, 1950c: 222 (redescription).
• Status as species: Radchenko, 1994a: 44; Bolton, 1995b: 283; Radchenko & Elmes, 1998: 7; Elmes & Radchenko, 1998: 222; Radchenko et al., 2001: 217; Lin & Wu, 2003: 64; Radchenko et al., 2006: 39; Terayama, 2009: 160; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 275; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 48; Chen et al., 2016: 118 (in key).

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica margaritae serica

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Chen, Z.; Zhou, S.; Huang, J. 2016. Seven species new to science and one newly recorded species of the ant genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 from China, with proposal of a new synonym (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 551:85-128. 10.3897/zookeys.551.6005 PDF
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• Radchenko, A. G.; Zhou, S.; Elmes, G. W. 2001. New and rare Myrmica species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from southern China. Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 51:211-219. PDF
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• Wheeler, W. M. 1928c. Ants collected by Professor F. Silvestri in China. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia Generale e Agraria della Reale Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura. Portici 22:3-38. PDF
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