Myrmica rugosa var. arisana Wheeler, 1930b: 95 (w.) TAIWAN. Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Elmes & Radchenko, 1998: 222) Primary type locality: lectotype Taiwan (“Formosa”): Arisan (= Alishan), 24.iv.1928, no. 48 (R. Takahashi). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype worker. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depository: MCZC. Type notes: 1) Original description cites 5 worker syntypes from Arisan. 2) Elmes & Radchenko, 1998: 222, cite 5 worker paralectotypes from the same locality but 20.x.1977 (K. Yamauchi); this is not type material. 3) Only a single paralectotype worker is cited by Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 92.