They have a wide distribution in Europe and Siberia, as well as being abundant to several former republics of the Soviet Union, where their preferred habitats are relatively wet halophyte biotopes.

[2] The taxonomic history for M. salina is complicated as the type specimens have been presumed to be lost, and the original description of the species was ambiguous.

[3] The description on the M. salina below is based on the original publications of Ruszky, as well as comments mentioned in Radchenko and Elmes' (2010) publication: The descriptions of M. slaina ants were based on worker, queen and males collected from various places in Siberia and Kazakhstan.

The antennae, mandibles, leg, apex and gaster are of a lighter color.

[4] The distribution of M. salina is mainly in Central Europe and East Europe, where they are found in the European countries of Austria,[5] Czech Republic,[6] Slovenia,[7] Croatia,[8] Romania[9] and Russia (also found in the Asian part of Russia), while in Asia (notably countries of the former Soviet Union) they are found in Georgia,[10] Kyrgyzstan[11] and Kazakhstan.