Ponerinae

This list of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the lower Volga region is based on own material of the authors from the territory of the region (1994-2001) and contains a list of most important literature.
Sure, our list at this moment is only provisional and in the future it will be completed and verified. We shell be thankful for any notes: rove@front.ru.

© K. A. Grebennikov, D. A. Dubovikoff, Zh. V. Savranskaya

Subfamily Ponerinae:

1. Ponera coarctata (Latreille, 1798). European and Mediterranean. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd. Single specimen.

Subfamily Myrmicinae:

Tribe Myrmicini:

2. Myrmica bessarabica Nassonov, 1889. European and Mediterranean. Kalmykiya: Manychsky. Yashalta, Gorodovikovsky, Elista, Burgusta, Lala. Mesophylous. Common in moist places. Nest in soil.

3. Myrmica gallienii Bondroit, 1919. Westernpalaearctic. Kalmykiya: Tsagan-Aman. Mesophylous. Nest in soil. Common.

4. Myrmica lacustris Ruzsky, 1905. Centralpalaearctic. Kalmykiya: Manychsky, Yashalta, Priyutnoe, Elista, Godzhur, Polynnoe. Mesoxerophylous. Nest in soil. Not rare.

5. Myrmica rubra (Linnaeus, 1758). Transpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg..: Volgograd (Grigorova balka, Chapurnikovskaya balka), Kalach-na-Donu, Vodny, Tinguta, Schcherbatovka. Kalmykiya: Godzhur. Mesogygrophylous; most gygrophylous species of Myrmica in the lower Volga region. In the forests, nests in soil. Not rare, but sporadic.

6. Myrmica sabuleti Meinert, 1860. Westernpalaearctic. Kalmykiya: Burgusta, Godzhur. Mesoxerophylous. Nest in soil in steppes and dry forests. Rare.

7. Myrmica scabrinodis Nylander, 1846. Transpalaearctic. Kalmykiya: Elista, Svetly Erik. Nests in soil.

8. Myrmica schencki Emery, 1895. Transpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Kalach-na-Donu, Tinguta. Kalmykiya: Godzhur. More or less xerophylous; Nests in soil. Not rare.

9. Myrmica slovaca Sadil, 1951. Westernpalaearctic. Kalmykiya: Priyutnoe, Godzhur, Polynnoe. Mesoxerophylous. Nest in soil in steppes.

10. Myrmica stangeana Ruzsky, 1902. Westernpalaearctic. Kalmykiya: Tsagan-Aman. Halophylous. Mesoxerophylous. Nests in soil. Rare.

11. Myrmica bergi Ruzsky, 1902. Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Kotluban', Volgograd (Sarepta), Krasnoslobodsk. Kalmykiya: Yashalta, Priyutnoe, Elista, Burgusta, Argamdzha, Lagan', Tsagan-Aman. Mesophylous. Common . Nests in soil.

Tribe Stenammini:

12. Messor rufitarsis (Fabricius, 1804). Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Kalach-na-Donu, Tinguta. Kalmykiya: Yashalta, Priyutnoe, Elista, Burgusta, Arshan', Lala, Godzhur, Polynnoe, Khanata, Yashkul', Adyk, Dzhidzhikiny, Rybachy, Tsagan-Aman, Tsagan-Aman. Mesoxerophylous; nests in soil. Common in steppes and semideserts.

13. Messor clivorum Ruzsky, 1905. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Kalach-na-Donu, Shcherbatovka. Kalmykiya: Manychsky, Yashalta, Gorodovikovsky, Priyutnoe, Elista, Arshan', Godzhur, Khanata, Yashkul', Lagan', Tsagan-Aman. Mesoxerophylous ; nests in soil. Common in steppes and semideserts.

14. Messor denticulatus Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1927. Pontian-Turanian. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Tinguta. Astrakhan' Reg.: Dosang. Kalmykiya: Priyutnoe, Elista, Argamdzha, Godzhur, Polynnoe, Khanata, Oktyabr'sky, Loshchina Davana, Yashkul', Adyk, Svetly Erik, Rybachy, Morskoy biryuchok, Lagan', Tsagan-Aman. Psammophylous; nests sandy soil. Common in dry steppes and semideserts.

15. Messor kasakorum Arnoldi, 1970. Turanian. From Astrakhan' subspecies nadezhdae K. Arnoldi, 1970 is described (Arnoldi, 1970). Kalmykiya: Priyutnoe, Yashkul', Dzhidzhikiny. Halophylous. Nest in soil. Rare.

Tribe Pheidolini:

16. Pheidole pallidula (Nylander, 1848). Mediterranean. Kalmykiya: Elista, Burgusta, Zulturgan. Mesoxerophylous. Rare.

Tribe Formicoxenini:

17. Cardiocondila elegans Emery, 1869. Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd (Mechetka). Kalmykiya: Priyutnoe, Arshan', Godzhur, Adyk, Svetly Erik, Tsagan-Aman. Xerophylous. Psammophylous; nests in soil. Not often.

18. Cardiocondila stambuloffi Forel, 1892. Pontian. Volgograd Reg.: Kotluban', Nov. Rogachik, Volgograd (Sarepta), Krasnoslobodsk. Astrakhan' Reg.: Aksarayskaya. Kalmykiya: Yashalta, Priyutnoe, Elista. Burgusta, Argamdzha, Godzhur, Polynnoe, Yashkul', Andraatinsky, Rybachy, Svetly Erik, Artezian, Morskoy biryuchok, Lagan', Tsagan-Aman. Mesoxerophylous;Nests in soil. Common, especially on the salt marshes.

19. Leptothorax semenovi Ruzsky, 1903. Pontian-Turanian. Kalmykiya: Priyutnoe. Nest in soil in steppes.

20. Leptothorax muscorum (Nylander, 1846). Transpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd (Grigorova balka, Chapurnikovskaya balka), Kalach-na-Donu. Mesophylous; nests in wood. Not rare, but sporadic.

21. Leptothorax knipovitschi Karawajew, 1915. Pontian. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd. Kalmykiya: Svetly Erik. Xerophylous; nests in soil in steppes. Rare.

22. Leptothorax tuberum (Fabricius, 1775). Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Vodny, Shcherbatovka. Xerophylous; nests in soil. Not often.

23. Leptothorax unifasciatus (Latreille, 1798). European and Mediterranean. Volgograd Reg.: Kotluban', Tinguta. Kalmykiya: Svetly Erik. Mesophylous; nests in soil. Not often.

24. Leptothorax volgensis Ruzsky, 1905. Pontian. Volgograd Reg.: Kotluban'. Xerophylous; nests in soil in dry steppes. Not often.

Tribe Solenopsidini:

25. Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus, 1758). Cosmopolitan. Synanthropic. Everywhere in human houses.

26. Мonomorium barbatulum Mayr, 1877. Turanian. Astrakhan' Reg.: Dosang. Xerophylous. Nests в sandy soil. Common in sandy desert.

27. Solenopsis fugax (Latreille, 1798). Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd (Mechetka), Kalach-na-Donu, Kotluban'. Astrakhan' Reg.: Dosang. Kalmykiya: Yashalta, Gorodovikovsky, Priyutnoe, Elista, Lala, Yashkul', Svetly Erik, Lagan'. Mesoxerophylous; nests in soil. Common.

Tribe Tetramoriini:

28. Teleutomyrmex sp. Volgograd Reg.: Kotluban'. Single specimen. In the nest of Tetramorium caespitum.

29. Tetramorium inerme Mayr, 1877. Turanian. Indicated for the lower Volga region (mt. Bol'shoe Bogdo) by Ruzsky (Radtchenko, 1992, Dubovikov, 1999). Kalmykiya: Khanata, Artezian . Mesoxerophylous. Rare.

30. Tetramorium ferox Ruzsky, 1903. Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: El'ton. Kalmykiya: Priyutnoe, Elista, Burgusta, Godzhur, Polynnoe, Andraatinsky, Tsagan-Aman. Mesoxerophylous. Nests in soil. Common.

31. Tetramorium forte Forel, 1903. Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: El'ton. Kalmykiya: Manychsky, Yashalta, Priyutnoe, Elista, Burgusta, Arshan', Argamdzha, Lala, Godzhur. Mesoxerophylous. Rare.

32. Tetramorium semilaeve Andre, 1881. Mediterranean-Turanian. Volgograd Reg.: El'ton. Kalmykiya: Yashalta, Priyutnoe, Elista, Burgusta, Arshan', Argamdzha, Godzhur,Polynnoe, Oktyabrsky, Loshchina Davana, Tsagan-Aman . Mesoxerophylous. Nest in soil in steppes. Common.

33. Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus, 1758). Westernpalaearctic. Mesophylous. Volgograd Reg.: Krasnoslobodsk, Kalach-na-Donu, Kotluban', El'ton. Kalmykiya: Anywhere. Eurytopic. Very common.

34. Tetramorium densopilosum Radtschenko et Arakelian, 1990. Volgograd Reg.: Shcherbatovka. Single specimen (female).

35. Strongylognathus christophi Emery, 1889. Centralpalaearctic. Described from Sarepta - Radtschenko, 1991. Kalmykiya: Elista. In the nests of Tetramorium. Single specimen.

36. Strongylognathus testaceus (Schenck, 1852). Centralpalaearctic. Kalmykiya: Godzhur, Oktyabrsky, Tsagan-Aman. Mesophylous; in the nests of Tetramorium caespitum.

Subfamily Dolichoderinae

Tribe Dolichoderini:

37. Hypoclinea quadripunctata (Latreille, 1792). Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Shcherbatovka, Kalach-na-Donu, Krasnoslobodsk, Kotluban', Vodny. Astrakhan' Reg.: Bol'shoe Bogdo. Kalmykiya: Lagan', Tsagan-Aman. Nests in dry wood. Common.

Tribe Tapinomini:

38. Воthriomyrmex turcomenicus Emery, 1925. Kalmykiya: Priyutnoe, Elista. Mesoxerophylous. Nest in soil. Rare.

39. Tapinoma ambiguum Emery, 1925. Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd (Sarepta). Kalmykiya: Yashalta, Gorodovikovsky, Priyutnoe. Elista, Arshan', Godzhur, Rybachy. Mesoxerophylous; nests in soil. Rare.

40. Tapinoma erraticum (Latreille, 1798). Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Kalach-na-Donu, Shcherbatovka, Tinguta. Astrakhan' Reg.: Bol'shoe Bogdo. Kalmykiya: Manychsky, Yashalta, Priyutnoe, Elista. Burgusta, Arshan', Argamdzha, Lala, Godzhur, Khanata, Yashkul', Rybachy, Lagan'. Mesoxerophylous; nests in soil . Common.

Tribe Liometopini:

41. Liometopum microcephalum (Panzer, 1798). Westernpalaearctic . Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd (Grigorova balka, Chapurnikovskaya balka), Krasnoslobodsk. Kalmykiya: Tsagan-Aman, Tsagan-Aman. Nests in dry wood. Rare and sporadic.

Subfamily Formicinae:

Tribe Plagiolepidini:

42. Plagiolepis tauricus Santschi, 1920. Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Krasnoslobodsk, Kalach-na-Donu, Shcherbatovka. Astrakhan' Reg.: Bol'shoe Bogdo, Dosang. Kalmykiya: Yashalta. Priyutnoe. Elista. Arshan', Godzhur, Polynnoe, Adyk, Rybachy. Tsagan-Aman. Xerophylous; nests in soil in steppes and semideserts. Common.

Tribe Camponotini:

43. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) fallax (Nylander, 1856). European and Mediterranean. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Krasnoslobodsk, Kalach-na-Donu, Shcherbatovka, Tinguta, Vodny, Kotluban'. Kalmykiya: Yashalta, Elista, Tsagan-Aman. Nests in dry wood. Common.

44. Camponotus (Myrmentoma) aethiops (Latreille, 1798). Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Kalach-na-Donu, Shcherbatovka. Kalmykiya: Yashalta. Priyutnoe, Elista. Arshan', Polynnoe. Xerophylous; nests in soil in steppes. Common.

45. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) piceus (Leach, 1825). Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Kalach-na-Donu, Shcherbatovka, Vodny. Astrakhan' Reg.: Bol'shoe Bogdo. Kalmykiya: Manychsky, Yashalta. Priyutnoe, Elista. Arshan', Lala, Godzhur. Xerophylous; nests in soil in steppes. Common.

46. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) fedtschenkoi Mayr, 1877. Turanian. Xerophylous; nests in soil. Astrakhan' Reg.: Bol'shoe Bogdo. Common in the little section of sandy desert, but in another localities is unknown.

47. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) turcestanicus Emery, 1887. Turanian. Kalmykiya: Gagarina (may be a mistake geographical data).

48. Camponotus (Taenemyrmex) turkestanus Andre, 1881. Turanian. Astrakhan' Reg.: Yango-Asker. Single specimen (worker).

49. Camponotus (s. str.) vagus (Scopoli, 1763). Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Shcherbatovka, Krasnoslobodsk, Kachalino. Astrakhan' Reg.: Dosang. Kalmykiya: Tsagan-Aman, Tsagan-Aman. Nests in dry wood. Common.

Tribe Formicini:

50. Formica (Coptoformica) pressilabris Nylander, 1846. European. Volgograd Reg.: Tinguta. Mesophylous. Single specimen nests in the forest.

51. Formica (Raptiformica) sanguinea Latreille, 1798. Transpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Tinguta, Kachalino, Kotluban'. Kalmykiya: Yashalta. Tsagan-Aman. Mesoxerophylous; nests in soil. Not often.

52. Formica (s. str.) truncorum Fabricius, 1804. Transpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Kotluban', Krasnoslobodsk. Rare. Mesophylous; nests in the forest.

53. Formica (s. str.) pratensis Retzius, 1783. Transpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Krasnoslobodsk, Kalach-na-Donu, Shcherbatovka, Tinguta. Kalmykiya: Godzhur. Mesophylous; nests in soil . Common in the north, rare or absent in the south.

54. Formica (s. str.) rufa Linnaeus, 1761. Transpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd (Chapurnikovskaya balka), Krasnoslobodsk. Mesophylous; in forests. Not often.

55. Formica (Serviformica) fusca Linnaeus, 1758. Holarctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd (Gumrak), Kalach-na-Donu, Shcherbatovka. Mesophylous; nests in soil in the forests. Not rare.

56. Formica (Serviformica) imitans Ruzsky, 1902. Pontian-Turanian. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Krasnoslobodsk, Kalach-na-Donu, Tinguta, Kotluban'. Astrakhan' Reg.: Bol'shoe Bogdo. Kalmykiya: Priyutnoe. Mesoxerophylous; nests in soil . Common.

57. Formica (Serviformica) subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902. Pontian-Turanian. Volgograd Reg.: Krasnoslobodsk. Astrakhan' Reg.: Dosang. Kalmykiya: Elista, Argamdzha, Godzhur, Polynnoe, Oktyabrsky, Yashkul', Svetly Erik, Andraatinsky, Morskoy biryuchok, Lagan', Krasinskoe, Tsagan-Aman. Mesogygrophylous; nests in soil. Common.

58. Formica (Serviformica) cunicularia Latreille, 1798. Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Kotluban', Volgograd. Kalmykiya: Manychsky. Yashalta, Gorodovikovsky, Priyutnoe, Elista, Burgusta, Arshan', Lala, Godzhur, Polynnoe, Loshchina Davana, Svetly Erik, Lagan'. Mesoxerophylous; nests in soil. Common.

59. Formica (Serviformica) rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793. Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Kotluban', Volgograd (Sarepta), Trekhostrovskaya, Shcherbatovka. Kalmykiya: Yashalta, Priyutnoe, Elista, Godzhur, Yashkul', Svetly Erik, Krasinskoe. Mesoxerophylous; nests in soil. Common.

60. Cataglyphis aenescens (Nylander, 1849). Transpalaearctic. Anywhere. Xerophylous; nests in several soils. Very common.

61. Cataglyphis pallidus Mayr, 1877. Turanian. Astrakhan' Reg.: Dosang. Single nest in sandy desert. Xerophylous.

62. Proformica epinotalis Kuznetzov-Ugamsky, 1927. Transpalaearctic (arid, semiarid regions). Volgograd Reg.: Kotluban'. Astrakhan' Reg.: Bol'shoe Bogdo. Kalmykiya: Yashalta, Priyutnoe, Elista, Burgusta, Arshan', Lala, Godzhur, Polynnoe, Khanata, Oktyabrsky, Yashkul', Adyk, Komsomol'sky, Tsagan-Aman. Xerophylous; nests in soil. Common.

63. Polyergus rufescens (Latreille, 1798). Westernpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Shcherbatovka, Kotluban', El'ton. Kalmykiya: Elista, Godzhur. Mesoxerophylous.

64. Rossomyrmex proformicarum K. Arnoldi, 1928. Dry steppes from Rostov Reg. to Eastern Kazakhstan. Kalmykiya: Oktyabrsky. Single specimen.

Tribe Lasiini:

65. Lasius (Dendrolasius) fuliginosus (Latreille, 1798). Transpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Kalach-na-Donu, Shcherbatovka. Nests in wood. Not rare in the forests.

66. Lasius (s. str.) niger (Linnaeus, 1758). A taxonomic relationships of this species and L. platythorax Seifert, 1991 are not clear and needs to more detail examination. It may be that both species are distributed in the lower Volga region, but in a lot of cases it is a difficult to divide them.

67. Lasius (s. str.) alienus Foerster, 1850. European and Mediterranean. Volgograd Reg.: Shcherbatovka, Vodny, Kotluban', Tinguta. Kalmykiya: Manychsky, Yashalta, Gorodovikovsky, Priyutnoe, Elista, Arshan', Lala, Godzhur, Polynnoe, Svetly Erik, Rybachy, Andraatinsky, Tsagan-Aman. Mesoxerophylous; nests in soil. Not rare.

68. Lasius (s. str.) paralienus Seifert, 1992. European and Mediterranean. Volgograd Reg.: Kalach-na-Donu, Kotluban'. Mesophylous; nests in soil. Not rare.

69. Lasius (s. str.) psammophilus Seifert, 1992. ?European. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd (Sarepta), Tinguta. Astrakhan' Reg.: Dosang. Xerophylous; nests in the sandy soil. Common.

70. Lasius (s. str.) brunneus (Latreille, 1798). European and Mediterranean. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd, Tinguta. Astrakhan' Reg.: Bol'shoe Bogdo. Mesophylous; nests in soil rotten wood. In the forests; Not often.

71. Lasius (Cautolasius) flavus (Fabricius, 1781). Transpalaearctic. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd (Mechetka), Tinguta, Shcherbatovka. more or less xerophylous; nests in soil in the steppes. Not often.

72. Lasius (Chtonolasius) sabularum (Bondroit, 1918). European. Volgograd Reg.: Shcherbatovka. Single specimen in the forest. Mesophylous; nests in soil.

73. Lasius (Chtonolasius) umbratus (Nylander, 1846). European-Siberian. Volgograd Reg.: Volgograd (Grigorova balka), Tinguta, Kotluban', Shcherbatovka. Astrakhan' Reg.: Bol'shoe Bogdo. Kalmykiya: Godzhur. Mesoxerophylous; nests in soil. Not rare in the forests.

74. Lasius (Chtonolasius) distinguendus Emery, 1916. European and Mediterranean. Volgograd Reg.: Shcherbatovka. Single specimen in the forest. Mesophylous; nests in soil.

75. Lasius (Chtonolasius) jensi longiceps Seifert, 1988. Steppes from Ukraine to Central Kazakhstan. Volgograd Reg.: Kotluban'. Single specimen.

Most important literature:

Arnoldi, K.V., 1968. Zonal zoogeographical and ecological features of myrmecofauna and ants populations of Russian plain. Zool. Zhurn, 47 (8), p. 1155 - 1178. [In Russian]

Arnoldi, K.V., 1970. New species and races of the ants of genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zool. Zhurn, 49 (1), p. 72 - 88. [In Russian]

Arnoldi, K.V., 1977. Survey of the ants of genus Messor (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the fauna of the USSR. Zool. Zhurn, 56 (11), p. 1637 - 1648. [In Russian]

Berg, L. S., 1955. Nature of USSR. Moscow, 496 p. [In Russian]

Grebennikov, K. A., Dubovikov, D. A., Savranskaya, Zh. V., 2002. Fauna and ecological features of ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Lover Volga Area. In: Biodiversity of insects of South-East of the European part of Russia. Volgograd, p. 178 – 195. [In Russian]

Arnoldi, K. V., Dlussky, G. M., 1978. Formicidae - ants. In: Determination keys for the insects of European part of the USSR, Vol. 3 (1), p. 519 - 556. [In Russian]

Dlussky, G. M., 1967. Ants of genus Formica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, G. Formica). Biology, importance and use, keys for determination of species distributed in the USSR. Moscow., Nauka. 238 p. [In Russian]

Dlussky, G. M., 1969. Ants of genus Proformica Ruzs. of the USSR and adjacent countries (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Zool. Zhurn., 48 (2), p. 218 - 232. [In Russian]

Dlussky, G. M., Soyunov, O. S., Zabelin, C. I., 1989. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkhabad: Ylym. 274 p. [In Russian]

Dlussky, G. M., Radchenko, A. G, 1994. Ants of the genus Diplorhoptrum (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Central Palaearctic. Zool. Zhurn., 73 (2), p. 102 - 111. [In Russian]

Dubovikov, D. A., 1999. New data about finding and distribution Tetramorium inerme Mayr, 1877 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Russia. Izv. Khar'k. Ent. Obstch., 7 (2), p. 73. [In Russian]

Radchenko, A. G, 1991. Ants of the genus Strongylognathus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the fauna of the USSR. Zool. Zhurn., 70 (10), p. 84 - 90. [In Russian]

Radchenko, A. G, 1992. Ants of the genus Tetramorium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the fauna of the USSR. Part 1. Zool. Zhurn., 71 (8), p. 39 - 49. [In Russian]

Radchenko, A. G, 1992a. Ants of the genus Tetramorium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the fauna of the USSR. Part 2. Zool. Zhurn., 71 (8), p. 50 - 58. [In Russian]

Radchenko, A. G, 1994. A key to the species of the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Central and Eastern Palaearctic. Zool. Zhurn., 73 (7, 8), p. 130 - 145. [In Russian]

Radchenko, A. G, 1994a. A key to the species of the genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Central and Eastern Palaearctic. Zool. Zhurn., 73 (7, 8), p. 146 - 158. [In Russian]

Radchenko, A. G, 1994b. The survey of groups rubra, rugosa, arnoldii, lutea and schencki of the genus Myrmica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Central and Eastern Palaearctic. Zool. Zhurn., 73 (11), p. 72 - 79. [In Russian]

Radchenko, A. G, 1994c. A survey of the species of Myrmica belonging to the group scabrinodis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from the Central and Eastern Palaearctic. Zool. Zhurn., 73 (9), p. 75 - 81. [In Russian]

Radchenko, A. G, 1995. Palaearctic ants of the genus Cardiocondila Emery (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomol. Obozr., 74 (2), p. 447 - 455. [In Russian]

Radchenko, A. G, 1996. Ants of the genus Plagiolepis Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Central and Eastern Palaearctic. Entomol. Obozr., 75 (1), p. 178 - 187. [In Russian]

Radchenko, A. G, 1996a. A key of the ant genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in Palaearctic Asia. Zool. Zhurn., 75 (8), p. 1195 - 1203. [In Russian]

Radchenko, A. G, 1997. The survey of ant of the genus Cataglyphis (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Asia. Entomol. Obozr., 76 (2), p. 424 - 442. [In Russian]

Seifert, B. 1988. A taxonomic revision of the Myrmica species of Europe, Asia Minor and Caucasus(Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Abh. Ber. Naturkuend, 62 (3), p. 1 - 75.

Seifert, B. 1988a. A revision of the European species of ant subgenus Chtonolasius (Insecta, Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Entomol. Abh. Staat. Mus. Tierkuende, Dresden, 51 (8), p. 143 - 180.

Seifert, B. 1992. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the ant subgenus Lasius s. str. (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Abh. Ber. Naturkuend, 66 (5), p. 1 - 67.