Formica rufitarsis Fabricius, 1804: 406 (w.) AUSTRIA. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) queen. Primary type locality: Austria: (“Habitat in Austria Dom. de Megerle.”) (no further data). Primary type depository: ZMUC. Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) Zimsen, 1964: 425, cites 1 queen syntype in ZMUK. 3) Steiner et al., 2018: 399, cite 2 queen syntypes in ZMUC.

Infrasubspecies

• M. b. r. gallica Emery, 1921