Taxonomic history
[Also described as new by Bondroit, 1920b PDF: 302.].Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 48 (q.m.).Junior synonym of Myrmica sulcinodis: Bernard, 1967a PDF: 121.Revived from synonymy: Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 67.Senior synonym of Myrmica jacobsoni: Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 48; Seifert, 1988b: 9.Senior synonym of Myrmica limanica: Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 48; Seifert, 1988b: 9.Senior synonym of Myrmica limanica obensis: Radchenko, 1994f PDF: 76.See also: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 91; Radchenko & Elmes, 2010 PDF: 138.Myrmica limanica Arnoldi, 1934
Records
(Map 8): Bulgaria ( Agosti and Collingwood 1987a , Seifert 1988a : the Balkans); Western Predbalkan: Rachene river valley [ Vassilev 1984 (as Myrmica limanica )]; Vitosha Mt. ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ).
Myrmica gallienii is an ant species distributed from Central Europe to West Siberia. Also found in Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania. It lives in wet grasslands and swamps, often in saline land. It builds shallow nests with a soil mound in moist habitats but deep nests in sandy areas. Colonies are relatively large with thousands of individuals.
Myrmica gallienii is an ant species distributed from Central Europe to West Siberia. Also found in Sweden, Finland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania. It lives in wet grasslands and swamps, often in saline land. It builds shallow nests with a soil mound in moist habitats but deep nests in sandy areas. Colonies are relatively large with thousands of individuals.
