Formica picea Nylander, 1846

Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena, Antonova, Vera, Radchenko, Alexander G. & Atanasova, Maria, 2010, Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria, ZooKeys 62, pp. 1-124 : 34

Formica picea Nylander, 1846

Records

(Map 67): CentralStara Planina Mts: along Kostinya river; Eastern Stara Planina Mts: above Obzor vill.; Rila Mt.: above Dolna Bania vill., along Bistritsa river; Western Rhodopi Mts: Hvoyna vill. [ Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 (as Formica (Raptiformica) transcaucasica )].

Notes:

A discussion of the quite complicate taxonomic history of the name Formica picea Nylander lies outside of the remit of the current work; for details see Dlussky (1967), Atanassov and Dlusskij (1992), Bolton (1995), Bolton et al. (2006) and Seifert (2004).