Polyergus rufescens

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Kyrgyzstan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey.

Nomenclature

 *  rufescens. Formica rufescens Latreille, 1798: 44 (w.q.) FRANCE. Schenck, 1852: 70 (m.); Forel, 1874: 137 (gynandromorph); André, 1882b: 163 (w.q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1968: 214 (l). Combination in Polyergus: Latreille, 1804: 179. Senior synonym of testacea: Smith, F. 1858b: 57. Current subspecies: nominal plus laeviceps, mexicanus, tianschanicus. See also: Stitz, 1939: 369; Hölldobler, 1985: 225.
 * testacea. Formica testacea Fabricius, 1804: 400 (q.) CZECHOSLOVAKIA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of Formica testacea Gmelin, in Linnaeus, 1790: 2804.] Junior synonym of rufescens: Smith, F. 1858b: 57.