Myrmica hellenica

Distribution
This taxon was described from Greece. It is also found in Iran (Islamic Republic of), Georgia, Bulgaria, Montenegro, Italy, Croatia, Slovenia, Serbia and Ukraine.

Nomenclature

 *  hellenica. Myrmica rugulosa var. hellenica Finzi, 1926: 93 (w.q.m.) GREECE. [First available use of Myrmica scabrinodis r. rugulosa var. hellenica Forel, 1913d: 431; unavailable name.] Finzi, 1926: 93 (m.). Raised to species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 267; Seifert, 1988b: 13. Senior synonym of caucasica, rugulososcabrinodis, striata: Seifert, et al. 2009: 68. See also: Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 145.
 * rugulososcabrinodis. Myrmica (Myrmica) rugulosa var. rugulososcabrinodis Karavaiev, 1929b: 205, fig. 1 (w.m.) GEORGIA, ARMENIA. Junior synonym of bessarabica: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 182; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 93. Revived from synonymy and senior synonym of caucasica: Radchenko & Elmes, 2004: 231. Junior synonym of hellenica: Seifert, et al. 2009: 68.
 * caucasica. Myrmica rugulosa subsp. caucasica Arnol'di, 1934: 165, figs. 17-20 (w.m.) CAUCASUS. [Unnecessary replacement name for rugulososcabrinodis Karavaiev.] Seifert, 1988b: 19 (q.). Raised to species: Seifert, 1988b: 19. Junior synonym of bessarabica: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 182; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 93; of rugulososcabrinodis: Radchenko & Elmes, 2004: 231; of hellenica: Seifert, et al. 2009: 68.

Additional References

 * Radchenko, A.G. & Elmes, G.W. 2010. Myrmica ants of the Old World. Fauna Mundi 3: 1-789.