Myrmica smythiesi var. bactriana Ruzsky, 1915a: 438, figs. 16-18 (w.m.) CHINA (Tibet). Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Radchenko & Elmes, 2010: 96). Primary type locality: lectotype China: Tibet, vic. Darindo, valley River Dza-chyu, upper reaches River Goluboi (= Yangtze), 1-3.viii.1900 (P.K. Kozlov). Primary type depository: ZISP. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 14 paralectotype workers, 3 paralectotype males. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: ZISP, ZMUM.