Myrmica sancta Myrmica bessarabica Catalogue of the ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Bulgaria Lapeva-Gjonova, Albena Antonova, Vera Radchenko, Alexander G. Atanasova, Maria ZooKeys 2010 62 1 124 Bondroit, 1918 Bondroit 1918 Insecta Formicidae Myrmica CoL Animalia Myrmica specioides Hymenoptera 7 8 Arthropoda species specioides   Myrmica sanctaKarawajew, 1926  Myrmica bessarabica: Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992, nec Nasonov, 1889  Records (Map 13): Bulgaria ( Agosti and Collingwood 1987a); Sofia Basin: Sofia ( Antonova 2005, Antonova and Penev 2006, 2008), near Vladaya vill. ( Antonova and Penev 2008); Lyulin Mt. [ Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992(as Myrmica bessarabica)]; Strandzha Mt.: Malko Tarnovo ( Seifert 1988a); Rila Mt.: Kostenets [ Atanassov and Vassileva 1976and Hubenov et al. 1998(as Myrmica sancta)]; Southern Black Sea coast: Sozopol ( Seifert 1988a).  Notes: After examination of the "holotype"of Myrmica bessarabica Seifert (2002a)found that there is a discrepancy between Nasonov'soriginal description and the characteristics of this specimen, and proposed considering Myrmica bessarabicaincertae sedis in the genus Myrmica, and revived the name Myrmica specioidesfrom synonymy (see also Radchenko and Elmes 2004).