Myrmica caucasicola Arnol’di, 1934 *

(Fig. 5)

Myrmica schencki nat. caucasicola Arnol’di, 1934: 172.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Turkey • 1☿; Artvin, Şavşat, Akdamla Upland; 41°26’57”N, 42°24’32”E; 2140 m; 03.VIII.2015; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 15 /0052b • 15 ♀, 2 ♂, 50 ☿; Bursa, Uludağ Mt.; 40°06’865”N, 29°05’642”E; 1543 m; 14.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 07 /2351a • 50 ☿; same collection data as for preceding; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 07 /2355a • 1 ♀, 8 ♂, 50 ☿; Karaman, Karadağ Mt.; 37°23’N, 33°09’E; 2100 m; 27.VIII.2006; K. Kiran leg.; EMTU 04 /0772 • 62 ☿; Kütahya, Belce Upland; 39°27’N, 30°21’E; 1660 m; 17.VIII.2014; C. Karaman leg.; EMTU 08 /2031 • 3 ☿; same collection data as for preceding; C. Karaman leg.; MNHN 08 /2031 .

DISTRIBUTION IN TURKEY. — New for Turkey.

REMARKS

This Caucasian species has been known previously from Armenia and Azerbaijan (Radchenko & Elmes 2010) and the present records extended its distribution towards Anatolia.