''Myrmica kotokui'' ( ja, shiwa-kushike-ari) is a species of ant of the genus ''

Myrmica ''Myrmica'' is a genus of ants within the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is widespread throughout the temperate regions of the Holarctic and high mountains in Southeast Asia. The genus consists of around 200 known species and additional subspecies, ...

''. This species closely resembles the

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an '' Myrmica ruginodis'' and is perhaps not a separate distinctive species. Onoyama (1989) suggested that it might best be treated as a subspecies of ''M. ruginodis''.

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''Myrmica kotokui'' from the Japanese ant colour image database
Myrmica Insects described in 1976 {{myrmicinae-stub