Myrmica modesta Foerster, 1850a: 49 (w.) GERMANY. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Germany: Lousberg, nr Aachen, iv., under stones (A. Foerster). Primary type depository: unknown. Type notes: According to Horn & Kahle, 1935: 78, Foerster’s formicid types are in MNHU, but Seifert & Schultz, 2009b: 271, state that “According to our own search in German collections type material of Förster is completely destroyed”.