Bothriomyrmex communista

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Slovenia, Ukraine.

Nomenclature

 *  communista. Bothriomyrmex meridionalis var. communista Santschi, 1919i: 206, pl. 2, fig. 2 (w.) UKRAINE. Emery, 1925e: 11 (m.); Karavaiev, 1927d: 341 (q.). Raised to species: Emery, 1925e: 10. Senior synonym of adriaca, mohelensis: Seifert, 2012b: 98. See also: Dlussky, 1962: 180; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 195. Current subspecies: nominal plus anatolicus.
 * adriaca. Bothriomyrmex meridionalis var. adriaca Santschi, 1922a: 66 (w., not q., see Emery, 1925e; 15) ITALY. Emery, 1925e: 16 (q.m.). Raised to species: Emery, 1925e: 15. Senior synonym of ionius: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 57. Junior synonym of communista: Seifert, 2012b: 98.
 * ionius. Bothriomyrmex adriacus subsp. ionius Emery, 1925e: 16 (w.) GREECE. Junior synonym of adriaca: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 57.
 * mohelensis. Bothriomyrmex corsicus subsp. mohelensis Novak, in Novak & Sadil, 1941: 97 (w.q.m.) CZECHOSLOVAKIA. [Also described as new by Novak, in Kratochvíl, Novak & Snoflak, 1944: 106.] Junior synonym of communista: Seifert, 2012b: 98.

Additional References

 * Seifert, B. 2012. A review of the West Palaearctic species of the ant genus Bothriomyrmex Emery, 1869. Myrmecological News 17: 91-104.