Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758)

Myrmica laevinodis Nylander, 1846

Records

(Map 9): Bulgaria (Emery 1914, Agosti and Collingwood 1987a, Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992); Central Stara Planina Mts: along Kostinya river (Teteven Balkan) [Atanassov 1936 (as Myrmica rubra laevinodis)]; Eastern Stara Planina Mts: Sliven [Forel 1892 (as Myrmica laevinodis)]; Sofia Basin: Sofia (Lapeva-Gjonova and Atanasova 2004, Antonova and Penev 2006, 2008); Vitosha Mt. [Atanassov 1952 (as Myrmica laevinodis)]: Knyazhevo [Forel 1892 (as Myrmica laevinodis)], Zheleznitsa vill. [Atanassov 1936 (as Myrmica rubra laevinodis)]; Plana Mt.: Plana vill., Kokalyane monastery (Kokalyane vill.), Ivanova mogila peak (Alino vill.) (Vagalinski and Lapeva-Gjonova in press); Western Rhodopi Mts: Batak, Velingrad, Rakitovo, Peshtera, Smolyan (Lapeva-Gjonova in press (a)).