Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria
Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena
Antonova, Vera
Radchenko, Alexander G.
Atanasova, Maria
ZooKeys
2010
62
1
124
Nylander, 1846
Nylander
1846
Insecta
Formicidae
Formica
CoL
Animalia
Formica picea
Hymenoptera
33
34
Arthropoda
species
picea
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 piceaNylander 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).