Formica gagates Latreille, 1798
Formica fusca r. gagates var. cinereofuscoides Forel, 1892 (unavailable name)
Formica fusca var. fuscorufibarbis Forel, 1874: Forel 1892 (as Formica fusca r. gagates var. fuscorufibarbis, unavailable name).
Formica fusca var. cinereorufibarbis Forel, 1874: Forel 1892 (as Formica fusca r. gagates var. cinereorufibarbis, unavailable name).
Records
(Map 65): Bulgaria (Agosti and Collingwood 1987a, Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992); Central Predbalkan: Dermantsi vill. (Lukovit) (Atanassov 1934); Western Stara Planina Mts: Chepan (Dragoman) (Borisova et al. 2005); Zemen Gorge: Krastata ornitsa loc. above Skakavitsa station (Atanassov 1934); Sofia Basin: Sofia, Knyazhevo [Forel 1892 (as Formica fusca Rasse gagates Latr. var. cinereorufibarbis)], Sofia and surroundings (Antonova and Penev 2006); Plana Mt.: Pasarel vill., Peyova buka hut (Pasarel vill.) (Vagalinski and Lapeva-Gjonova in press); Lozenska Planina Mt. (Vassilev and Evtimov 1973): German monastery (Atanassov 1936, Antonova and Penev 2008)]; Belasitsa Mt. (Atanassov 1964); Rila Mt. (Forel 1892); Western Rhodopi Mts: Asenovgrad (Forel 1892), Syutka peak (Atanassov 1936); Eastern Rhodopi Mts: Malko Popovo vill. (Madzharovo), Madzharovo, Kokiche vill. (Kardzhali), Meden buk vill. (Ivaylovgrad) (Lapeva-Gjonova 2004a); Southern Black Sea coast: Pomorie (Forel 1892).