Myrmica nitidula Nylander, 1846b: 1058 (w.) FINLAND. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Finland: Helsingfors (= Helsinki) (F.W. Maeklin). Primary type depository: ZMHF. Type notes: 1) Radchenko, 2007: 32, cites 2 worker syntypes in Nylander’s collection (nos 5072 and 5073). 2) Seifert, 2023c: 133, says “The species has been described in an ergatoid male”, but quotes only the numbers 5072 and 5073.