Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena, Antonova, Vera, Radchenko, Alexander G. & Atanasova, Maria, 2010, Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria, ZooKeys 62, pp. 1-124 : 7

Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmica laevinodis Nylander, 1846

Records

(Map 9): Bulgaria ( Emery 1914, Agosti and Collingwood 1987a, Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992); Central Stara Planina Mts: along Kostinya river (Teteven Balkan) [ Atanassov 1936 (as Myrmica rubra laevinodis )]; Eastern Stara Planina Mts: Sliven [ Forel 1892 (as Myrmica laevinodis )]; Sofia Basin: Sofia ( Lapeva-Gjonova and Atanasova 2004, Antonova and Penev 2006, 2008); Vitosha Mt. [ Atanassov 1952 (as Myrmica laevinodis )]: Knyazhevo [ Forel 1892 (as Myrmica laevinodis )], Zheleznitsa vill. [ Atanassov 1936 (as Myrmica rubra laevinodis )]; Plana Mt.: Plana vill., Kokalyane monastery (Kokalyane vill.), Ivanova mogila peak (Alino vill.) ( Vagalinski and Lapeva-Gjonova in press); Western Rhodopi Mts: Batak, Velingrad, Rakitovo, Peshtera, Smolyan ( Lapeva-Gjonova in press (a)).