Monomorium (Xeromyrmex) ruzskyi Dlussky & Zabelin, 1985: 218, fig. 1 (w.q.m.) TURKMENISTAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Turkmenistan: River Sumbar Basin, SW Kopetdag, Ipai-Kala, 22.v.1971, no. 71-50 (G.M. Dlussky). Primary type depository: ZMUM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paratype workers, paratype queens, paratype males (numbers not stated). Secondary type locality: paratypes with same data as holotype but nos 71-50, 71-96, 71-120, plus numerous paratype worker and queen collections from several other localities in Turkmenistan and possibly Kyrgyzstan. Secondary type depository: ZMUM. Type notes: Apparently syntypes also in “Syunt-Kasardag Nature Reserve”, address unknown.