• Replacement name for Myrmica rugulosa minuta Karavaiev, 1929d. [Junior primary homonym of Solenopsis minuta Say, 1836.]
• Subspecies of Myrmica rugulosa: Weber, 1948a: 306.
• Junior synonym of Myrmica rugulosa: Arnol'di, 1970b: 1840; Radchenko, 1994f: 75.
• Junior synonym of Myrmica hellenica: Radchenko, 2009: 70.
• Status as species: Seifert et al., 2009: 72; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 7; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 113; Csősz et al., 2011: 56; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 520; Czechowski et al., 2012: 102; Czekes et al., 2012: 43 (in key); Borowiec, 2014: 129; Lebas et al., 2016: 316; Radchenko, 2016: 154; Steiner et al., 2017: 13; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 47; Seifert, 2018: 155; Bračko, 2023: 53; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 278 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Myrmica rugulosa slobodensis: Karavaiev, 1936: 274; Bolton, 1995b: 278; Seifert et al., 2009: 72; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 113; Czechowski et al., 2012: 102; Radchenko, 2016: 154; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 278 (redescription).
• [Note: Karavaiev, and Bolton, give Myrmica rugulosa slobodensis as senior synonym, but Myrmica constricta has priority.]

Junior synonyms

• Myrmica rugulosa slobodensis Karavaiev, 1936

Obsolete combinations

• Myrmica rugulosa constricta

Citations

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