Monomorium liliuokalanii

Heterick & Kitching (2022) collected this species in the canopy of a lowland dipterocarp forest in Brunei.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Indo-Australian Region: Hawaii, Niue, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga.

Nomenclature

 * . Monomorium minutum var. liliuokalanii Forel, 1899a: 119 (w.) HAWAII.
 * Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
 * Type-locality: Hawaii Is: Honolulu (no collector’s name).
 * Type-depository: MHNG.
 * [Misspelled as liliuokalauii by Forel, 1901b: 12; misspelled as liliukalauii by Dahl, 1901: 19, Forel, 1909d: 225; misspelled as liliukalanii by Chapman & Capco, 1951: 167.]
 * Subspecies of minutum: Forel, 1901b: 12; Forel, 1909d: 225; Viehmeyer, 1916a: 132; Emery, 1922e: 172; Wheeler, W.M. 1924b: 246; Wheeler, W.M. 1932c: 159; Wheeler, W.M. 1932d: 16; Wheeler, W.M. 1934h: 13; Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 23; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 167; Ettershank, 1966: 90.
 * Junior synonym of minutum: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 67.
 * Status as species: Bolton, 1987: 288; Bolton, 1995b: 264; Wetterer, 2002: 128; Wetterer & Vargo, 2003: 416; Wetterer, 2006: 415; Ramage, 2014: 166.
 * Senior synonym of samoanum: Bolton, 1987: 288; Bolton, 1995b: 264; Ramage, 2014: 166.
 * Distribution: French Polynesia, Hawaii Is, Niue, Samoa, Tonga.
 * samoanum. Monomorium minutum var. samoanum Santschi, 1928a: 46, fig. 2b (w.) SAMOA (Upolu I.).
 * Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
 * [Note: no indication of number of specimens is given.]
 * Type-locality: Samoa: Upolu, Apia (Swezey & Wilder).
 * Type-depository: NHMB.
 * Subspecies of minutum: Wheeler, W.M. 1935g: 23; Wheeler, W.M. 1936f: 9; Ettershank, 1966: 92.
 * Junior synonym of minutum: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 67.
 * Junior synonym of liliuokalanii: Bolton, 1987: 288; Bolton, 1995b: 266; Ramage, 2014: 166.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Overbeck H. 1924. A List of Ants from Singapore and Neighbouring Places. Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 2 (1): 25-40.
 * Viehmeyer H. 1916. Ameisen von Singapore. Beobachtet und gesammelt von H. Overbeck. Archiv für Naturgeschichte (A)81(8):108-168.