Monomorium latinode Mayr

Type location Malaysia, Sarawak (Monomorium latinode nov. spec.,Mayr, 1872: 152, worker; synonymy by Bolton, 1987: 429) - see below
junior synonyms
bruneum (Monomorium latinode Mayr var. bruneum n. var., Emery, 1893f: 243, worker) from Sri Lanka, Kandy - see below
voeltzkowi (Monomorium Voeltzkowi n. sp., Forel, 1907g: 78, worker) from Tanzania, Pemba Is - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0101621
worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Mayr's (1872) description is at . Forel's (1907g) description of voeltzkowi is at . Bolton's modern description (1987) is at

WORKER - TL 2.6-3.2 mm (Bolton, 1987: 429, illustrated; drawing inaccurate).

The photomontage is of the type worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0905756

Oxford University Museum specimens

Monomorium latinode B Taylor det.

Bangladesh B Taylor

1982 Joydebpur 23.9938889 N 90.4308333 E

Tending root aphids on potted rice in a screenhouse at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute

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Presumably a tramp species and not indigenous to Africa. The photomontage below is of workers I found tending root aphids on potted rice plants in a screenhouse at the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute in Summer 1982 (right). Although the overall features fit Bolton's description it has to be said that the head is rectangular with convex sides and not ovoid, as is shown clearly in the specimen where the right antenna is missing. The same also applies to the Sri Lanka specimen shown at the bottom.