<ref name="Elmes_et_al_2002">{{cite journal |first1=G. W. |last1=Elmes |first2=A. G. |last2=Radchenko |first3=N. |last3=Aktaç |year=2002 |title=Four new ''Myrmica'' species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Turkey |url=https://antcat.org/documents/3863/9714.pdf |journal=Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) |publisher= |volume=52 |issue= |pages=157–171 |doi= }}</ref>