Afrotropical and Malagasy Monomorium species groups

This page summarizes species-groups discussed in Bolton (1987) and Heterick (2006). Bolton revised the Afrotropical Monomorium while Heterick's focus was on Malagasy species.

A few notes about these species, and species-groups:

- These groupings of Monomorium species were created for convenience based on similarities in worker morphology and are not phylogenetically relevant.

- Some species treated in these two revisions, and in some cases entire species-groups, have been transferred to other genera. Molecular analyses have better resolved the relationships of some previously troublesome genera and subgenera that have at various times been treated as synonyms of Monomorium or as distinctive taxa that are similar to but stand apart from Monomorium.

- The species-groups listed below begin with a link to a page that provides more details about each group, and is followed by a list of the constituent species.

- Named species-groups from the two publications noted above that do not have their species listed are no longer relevant. Their species have been moved to other genera. Brief notes about these species-groups are given at the end of this page (other species-groups).

- Keys were included in both revisions and can be found here: Key to Afrotropical Erromyrma, Monomorium, Syllophopsis and Trichomyrmex species and here: Key to Malagasy Erromyrma, Monomorium, Syllophopsis and Trichomyrmex species

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

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 are no longer relevant:


 * 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 now in the genus Syllophopsis.
 * latinode species group (Bolton 1987) - What was stated to be 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, with the exception of Monomorium dentigerum, are members of the genus Trichomyrmex.
 * shuckardi species group (Heterick 2006) – The ants placed in this group are all Royidris species.

Additional Resources

 * Monomorium
 * Monomorium species groups
 * Erromyrma
 * Royidris
 * Syllophopsis
 * Trichomyrmex