Myrmica atratula Schenck, 1852: 91 (q.m.) GERMANY. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype queen(s), syntype male(s) (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Germany: Nassau Distr., NW Frankfurt, 24.vi.(1851?), 1.vii.(1851?) (P.A. Schenck). Primary type depository: SMFM (perhaps also UMPU). Type notes: Schenck’s Hymenoptera specimens originally in UMPU (Horn & Kahle, 1936: 242); later transferred to SMFM.