Prenolepis nitens

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Albania, Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Slovenia, Turkey, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Nomenclature

 *  nitens. Tapinoma nitens Mayr, 1853a: 144 (w.) AUSTRIA. André, 1882b: 205 (q.m.). Combination in Prenolepis: Mayr, 1861: 52. Junior synonym of imparis: Emery, 1893i: 635. Subspecies of imparis: Dalla Torre, 1893: 178; Forel, 1895d: 229; Ruzsky, 1905b: 262; Emery, 1910a: 128; Emery, 1914d: 159; Wheeler, W.M. 1930b: 19; Novak & Sadil, 1941: 99; Röszler, 1942a: 56. Status as species: Finzi, 1922: 120; Müller, 1923: 118; Emery, 1925b: 225; Baroni Urbani, 1962: 136; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 556. Senior synonym of crepusculascens: Roger, 1862b: 256; of polita: Roger, 1863b: 10.
 * polita. Tapinoma polita Smith, F. 1855a: 112 (w.) GREAT BRITAIN. Junior synonym of nitens: Roger, 1863b: 10.
 * crepusculascens. Formica crepusculascens Roger, 1859: 238 (q.) TURKEY. Junior synonym of nitens: Roger, 1862b: 256.