Monomorium pacis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Afrotropical Region: South Africa.

Nomenclature

 * . Monomorium pacis Forel, 1915c: 343 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
 * Type-material: holotype worker.
 * Type-locality: South Africa: Cape Town (G. Arnold?).
 * Type-depository: unknown, perhaps lost (not in BMNH, MHNG, SAMC).
 * Status as species: Arnold, 1916: 234; Emery, 1922e: 173; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 865; Ettershank, 1966: 91; Bolton, 1987: 404 (nomen dubium); Bolton, 1995b: 265.
 * Distribution: South Africa.

Bolton (1987) - Forel's description of this enigmatic species is too vague to allow even a guess at its correct placement. He says that pacis has something of the appearance of bondroita, but other characters which he mentions indicate that the species is correctly placed in Monomorium.

Features which Forel stresses, which may be of value in recognizing this species, if it is ever rediscovered, include the following.

TL 1.9, smaller than Monomorium leimbachi (a junior synonym of Monomorium rhopalocerum). Profile of head subtruncate in front of the clypeus. Frontal carinae posteriorly forming a strong curve with their anterior lobe, which is situated on the subtruncate region. Eyes with about 15-20 ommatidia, situated on the anterior third of the sides of the head.

Type Material
Bolton (1987) - Holotype worker, South Africa: Cape Town (not in or, presumed lost).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Ettershank G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171.
 * Wheeler W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. A contribution to the myrmecology of Africa. VIII. A synonymic list of the ants of the Ethiopian region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 45: 711-1004