Myrmica deplanata Emery

Iran list Type location Russia (Myrmica lobicornis var. deplanata Emery: 1921f: 38, name only; prior unavailable name Myrmica scabrinodis lobicornis Nyl. var. deplanata nov. var., Ruzsky, 1905b: 700, worker; raised to species Arnol'di, 1934: 169) - no type images on Antweb (April, 2016).
junior synonyms
moravica (Myrmica moravica, Soudek, 1922: 45, illustrated, worker & queen; synonymy by Karavaiev, 1934: 83) type location Czech Republic - see below
plana (Myrmica lobicornis Nyl. var. plana nova, Karavaiev, 1927a: 283, illustrated, worker, synonymy by Arnol'di, 1934: 169) type location Ukraine, Askania Nova - no type images on Antweb (April, 2016).

Ruzsky's (1905b) description is at . TL 3.0-3.5 mm.
Soudek's (1922) description of moravica, with illustration, is at . Karaviev's (1927a) description of plana, with illustration, is at . Arnol'di's (1934) description, with illustration, is at .

An extract from Radchenko & Elmes' modern redescription (2010), with illustrations, is at .

The photomontage of the moravica type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904084. This appears to be the model for the Radchenko & Elmes illustration (above)

Oxford University Museum specimens

Myrmica deplanata B Taylor det.

Iran F Borjali 28

16.vii.2014 37°3747 N 49°7575 E -28 m

Khoshk-e Bijar hand collected city, on willow tree, 100h

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The photomontage is of a workers from Iran, Khoshk-e Bijar, collected by F Borjali (28). The propodeal spines are longer than in the Radchenko & Elmes example but other characters all fit the description.