Myrmica ruzskyana

Found at the altitude ca. 3660 m (12,000 ft) in a subalpine meadow.

Identification
A member of the smythiesii species group.

Distribution
Tibet.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 * exigua. Myrmica smythiesi subsp. exigua Ruzsky, 1915a: 440, figs. 19, 20 (w.m.) TIBET. [Junior primary homonym of exigua Buckley, 1867: 342, above.] Replacement name: ruzskyana Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 249.
 *  ruzskyana. Myrmica ruzskyana Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 249. Replacement name for exigua Ruzsky, 1915a: 440. [Junior primary homonym of exigua Buckley, 1867: 342.]

Type Material
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - Lectotype (designated here), w, [river Ba-chju, 12,000', Kam, bassin of riv. Yangtze, 2/3.viii.1900] (Moscow); paralectotypes: 14 w, 1 m with the same label (Moscow, Petersburg).

Etymology
Radchenko and Elmes (2010) - dedicated to the famous Russian myrmecologist M. D. Ruzsky, who originally named the species M. exigua.