''Myrmica karavajevi'' is a workerless, socially parasitic ant species: it is widely distributed across Europe (Ukraine, European Russia, Belarus, Moldova, Hungary, Romania, Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Poland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, Austria, Switzerland, England, Italy, France and Spain). It lives in nests of other species ( Myrmica scabrinodis and close relatives) that inhabit warm and humid habitats.

References

* Csősz S, Markó B, Gallé L 2011
The myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Hungary: an updated checklist
''North-Western Journal of Zoology'' 7: 55–62. * Czekes Z ''et al.'' 2012
The genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Romania: distribution of species and key for their identification
''Entomologica romanica'' 17: 29–50.

External links

* Hymenoptera of Europe Myrmica Insects described in 1930 {{myrmicinae-stub