Myrmecocystus foreli Ruzsky, 1903a: 36 (w.) TURKMENISTAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Dlussky et al., 1990: 152). Primary type locality: lectotype Turkmenistan (“Zakaspia oblast”): Ashgabat, (5.v.1889 (no collector’s name; probably A.P. Semenov). Primary type depository: ZISP. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: ZISP (perhaps also DAPC). Type notes: 1) Ashgabat syntypes are cited by Ruzsky, 1903a as collected by Semenov and Arnoldov, but the collector’s name is not noted in the lectotype nomination, a Semenov specimen is assumed here. 2) Other original syntype localities: Turkmenistan (“Zakaspia oblast”): Kazandzhik (= Bereket), vi.1902 (V.A. Arnoldov), Kizil-Arvat, 29.iv.1889 (A.P. Semenov), Ashgabat, vii.1902 (V.A. Arnoldov), Gyauars, 2.v.1889 (A.P. Semenov), Uch-Adzhi, 18.v.1889 (A.P. Semenov).