Myrmica rubra subsp. kotokui Forel, 1911g: 267 (w.q.m.) JAPAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Radchenko, 2005b: 142). Primary type locality: lectotype Japan: “northern Japan” (no further data) (Haberer). Primary type depository: NHMB (lectotype). Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype queen(s), paralectotype male(s) (numbers not stated). Secondary type depository: ZSBS (probably also MHNG). Type notes: Radchenko, 2005b: 142, also nominates a paralectotype worker: Russia: Kuril Is, Iturup I. (Haberer) (NHMB); this locality is not mentioned in the original description.