<ref name="Radchenko_&_Elmes_2004">{{cite journal |first1=A. G. |last1=Radchenko |first2=G. W. |last2=Elmes |year=2004 |title=Taxonomic notes on the ''scabrinodis''-group of ''Myrmica'' species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) living in eastern Europe and western Asia, with a description of a new species from Tien Shan |url=https://antcat.org/documents/4005/21645.pdf |journal=Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva |publisher= |volume=75 |issue=1 |pages=222–233 |doi= }}</ref>