Myrmica slovaca Sadil, 1952

Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena, Antonova, Vera, Radchenko, Alexander G. & Atanasova, Maria, 2010, Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria, ZooKeys 62, pp. 1-124 : 8

Myrmica slovaca Sadil, 1952

Myrmica salina : Seifert 1988a, 2002a, Antonova 2005, Antonova and Penev 2006, 2008, nec Ruzsky, 1905

Records

(Map 12): Sofia Basin: Sofia [ Antonova 2005, Antonova and Penev 2006, 2008 (all as Myrmica salina )]; Strandzha Mt.:Tirnovo [ Seifert 2002a (as Myrmica salina )]; Western Rhodopi Mts: Bachkovo [ Sadil 1952, Seifert 1988a (as Myrmica salina )].

Notes:

During the last decade Myrmica slovaca has been considered as a junior synonym of Myrmica salina Ruzsky, 1905, but very recently Radchenko and Elmes (2009) based on the finding of Ruzsky’s original type material of Myrmica salina showed that these two species are not conspecific and revived the name Myrmica slovaca from synonymy.

Despite the fact that one of the type localities of Myrmica slovaca is in Bulgaria, this species was omitted by Atanassov and Dlusskij (1992).