Monomorium species groups

Barry Bolton (1987) revised the Afrotropical Monomorium and organized all of the species in the genus "into a system of informal species-groups which are defined and discussed on a world-wide basis." Heterick (2006) revised the Malagasy Monomorium, and built upon Bolton's groupings in his treatment of the Monomorium from this region. Sparks et. al. (2015) revised a group of Australian Monomorium that were all placed in the newly created M. rothsteini species group.

These groupings of Monomorium species are based on similarities in worker morphology.

hanneli species group
Diagnosis
 * Monomorium guineense
 * Monomorium hanneli
 * Monomorium invidium
 * Monomorium jacksoni

monomorium species group
Diagnosis
 * Monomorium affabile
 * Monomorium altinode
 * Monomorium angustinode
 * Monomorium arboreum
 * Monomorium arnoldi
 * Monomorium balathir
 * Monomorium bequaerti
 * Monomorium bevisi
 * Monomorium bifidoclypeatum
 * Monomorium binatu
 * Monomorium boerorum
 * Monomorium borlei
 * Monomorium braunsi
 * Monomorium captator
 * Monomorium chnodes
 * Monomorium crawleyi
 * Monomorium denticulum
 * Monomorium disoriente
 * Monomorium dolatu
 * Monomorium draxocum
 * Monomorium egens
 * Monomorium excensurae
 * Monomorium exchao
 * Monomorium exiguum
 * Monomorium fasciatum
 * Monomorium fastidium
 * Monomorium firmum
 * Monomorium flavimembra
 * Monomorium floricola
 * Monomorium fugelanum
 * Monomorium gabrielense
 * Monomorium guillarmodi
 * Monomorium holothir
 * Monomorium inquietum
 * Monomorium iyenasu
 * Monomorium katir
 * Monomorium kelapre
 * Monomorium kineti
 * Monomorium lene
 * Monomorium lepidum
 * Monomorium lubricum
 * Monomorium madecassum
 * Monomorium malatu
 * Monomorium manir
 * Monomorium mavide
 * Monomorium micrommaton
 * Monomorium mictilis
 * Monomorium mirandum
 * Monomorium musicum
 * Monomorium nigricans
 * Monomorium noxitum
 * Monomorium nuptualis
 * Monomorium occidentale
 * Monomorium pacis
 * Monomorium pallidipes
 * Monomorium paternum
 * Monomorium platynode
 * Monomorium pulchrum
 * Monomorium rastractum
 * Monomorium rhopalocerum
 * Monomorium rosae
 * Monomorium rotundatum
 * Monomorium sakalavum
 * Monomorium schultzei
 * Monomorium shilohense
 * Monomorium spectrum
 * Monomorium speluncarum
 * Monomorium springvalense
 * Monomorium sryetum
 * Monomorium strangulatum
 * Monomorium symmotu
 * Monomorium tablense
 * Monomorium taedium
 * Monomorium tanysum
 * Monomorium termitobium
 * Monomorium torvicte
 * Monomorium trake
 * Monomorium tynsorum
 * Monomorium vaguum
 * Monomorium vecte
 * Monomorium versicolor
 * Monomorium vonatu
 * Monomorium xuthosoma

rothsteini species group
Diagnosis


 * Monomorium bogischi
 * Monomorium broschorum
 * Monomorium capeyork
 * Monomorium eremoides
 * Monomorium eremum
 * Monomorium geminum
 * Monomorium hertogi
 * Monomorium hoffmanni
 * Monomorium humilior
 * Monomorium kidman
 * Monomorium leda
 * Monomorium maryannae
 * Monomorium merepah
 * Monomorium mitchell
 * Monomorium oodnadatta
 * Monomorium pilbara
 * Monomorium rothsteini
 * Monomorium speculum
 * Monomorium stagnum
 * Monomorium subapterum
 * Monomorium tenebrosum
 * Monomorium topend
 * Monomorium torrens

salomonis species group
Diagnosis


 * Monomorium afrum
 * Monomorium abeillei
 * Monomorium albopilosum
 * Monomorium algiricum
 * Monomorium anceps
 * Monomorium areniphilum
 * Monomorium australe
 * Monomorium bicolor
 * Monomorium buxtoni
 * Monomorium carbo
 * Monomorium dakarense
 * Monomorium damarense
 * Monomorium delagoense
 * Monomorium dichroum
 * Monomorium dictator
 * Monomorium disertum
 * Monomorium drapenum
 * Monomorium esharre
 * Monomorium excelsior
 * Monomorium fridae
 * Monomorium herero
 * Monomorium hirsutum
 * Monomorium hesperium
 * Monomorium ilgii
 * Monomorium indicum
 * Monomorium junodi
 * Monomorium kitectum
 * Monomorium longi
 * Monomorium mantazenum
 * Monomorium marshi
 * Monomorium medinae
 * Monomorium mediocre
 * Monomorium micropacum
 * Monomorium minor
 * Monomorium niloticum
 * Monomorium nirvanum
 * Monomorium nitidiventre
 * Monomorium ocellatum
 * Monomorium opacior
 * Monomorium opacum
 * Monomorium ophthalmicum
 * Monomorium orangiae
 * Monomorium osiridis
 * Monomorium parvinode
 * Monomorium pallidum
 * Monomorium personatum
 * Monomorium pharaonis
 * Monomorium rabirium
 * Monomorium rufulum
 * Monomorium salomonis
 * Monomorium salomonis subnitidum
 * Monomorium schurri
 * Monomorium senegalense
 * Monomorium subcomae
 * Monomorium subdentatum
 * Monomorium subopacum
 * Monomorium sutu
 * Monomorium tchelichofi
 * Monomorium termitarium
 * Monomorium vatranum
 * Monomorium venustum
 * Monomorium viator
 * Monomorium westi
 * Monomorium willowmorense
 * Monomorium wroughtoni
 * Monomorium zulu

setuliferum species group
Diagnosis


 * Monomorium alamarum
 * Monomorium ebangaense
 * Monomorium hannonis
 * Monomorium havilandi
 * Monomorium macrops
 * Monomorium notulum
 * Monomorium setuliferum
 * Monomorium xanthognathum

other species groups
There are numerous species groups that have been changed, invalidated, or consist of species in other genera:


 * destructor species group (Bolton 1987, Heterick 2006) - The species in this group are all members of the genus Trichomyrmex.
 * fossulatum species group (Bolton 1987) - All of the species in this group belong in the genus Syllophopsis.
 * hildebrandti species group - Proposed by Heterick (2006) as a group that, in part, subsumed Bolton's fossulatum group, all of these species are in the genera Syllophopsis.
 * latinode species group (Bolton 1987) - What was stated as the lone member of this group, Monomorium latinode, is now the lone representative of the genus Erromyrma - Erromyrma latinodis
 * scabriceps species group (Bolton 1987) - The species in this group, except for Monomorium dentigerum, are members of the genus Trichomyrmex.
 * shuckardi species group (Heterick 2006) – The species in this group are Royidris species and the 4 species are not considered to be a discrete set of species (Bolton and Fisher 2014, and see the identification section of Royidris shuckardi)

Additional Resources

 * Monomorium
 * Erromyrma
 * Syllophopsis
 * Trichomyrmex