Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793

Records

(Map 70): Bulgaria (Agosti and Collingwood 1987a, Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992, Seifert 2008); EasternStara Planina Mts: Sliven [Forel 1892 (as Formica fusca Rasse rufibarbis)]; Sofia Basin: Sofia (Lapeva-Gjonova and Atanasova 2004, Antonova 2005, Antonova and Penev 2006, 2008); surroundings of Sofia near Vladaya vill. (Antonova and Penev 2006, 2008); Vitosha Mt. [Atanassov 1952, Wesselinoff 1967 (as Serviformica rufibarbis)]; Plana Mt. (Vagalinski and Lapeva-Gjonova in press); Lozenska Planina Mt. [Wesselinoff 1967 (as Serviformica rufibarbis), Vassilev and Evtimov 1973], north of Pasarel vill. (Antonova and Penev 2008); Bakadzhik-Burgas district: Aytos [Forel 1892 (as Formica fusca Rasse rufibarbis)]; Strandzha Mt.: Balgari vill. (Atanassov 1936); Krupnik-Sandanski-Petrich Valley: Petrich, along Strumeshnitsa river (Atanassov 1964); Rila Mt.: Rila monastery (Forel 1892); Western Rhodopi Mts: Asenovgrad [Forel 1892 (as Formica fusca Rasse rufibarbis)], Dobrostan (Seifert and Schultz 2009), Dospat, Velingrad, Batak (Lapeva-Gjonova in press (a)); Southern Black Sea coast: Sozopol, Pomorie [Forel 1892 (as Formica fusca Rasse rufibarbis)], Burgas (Forel 1895).