Monomorium mictilis Forel

Type location Eritrea (Monomorium (Martia) atomus Forel subsp mictilis n. subsp., Forel, 1910c: 252, worker & queen; raised to species, Bolton, 1987, who had the type location as Ethiopia) - see below
junior synonym (unavailable name) sudanicum (Monomorium (Lampromyrmex) exiguum For. stirps mictile For. var. sudanicum n. var., Santschi, 1930a: 67, illustrated, worker) from Mali (Koulouba, collector Claveau, wrongly interpreted as "Sudan" by Bolton, 1995) - http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0913818
worker & queen only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Forel's (1910c) description is at . Arnold (1916: 239) gave a translation, this is at . Santschi's (1930a) description of sudanicum is at Bolton's modern description (1987) is at .

WORKER - TL 1.2-1.3 mm (in Bolton, 1987: 401, not illustrated).

Heterick (2006: 115ff) removed Monomorium minutissimum Santschi to synonymy under Monomorium exiguum. His note can be seen under that species.

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0010759

Oxford University Museum specimens

Monomorium mictilis B Taylor det.	Egypt M Sharaf	13.vi.2003 Abuzabal 30°15' N 31°21' E	Qaliobia	1
Monomorium mictilis B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 174	25.xi.2001 Abu Gmein 11°21' N 34°27' E	Blue Nile pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal	1
Monomorium mictilis B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 345	25.xi.2001 Khordonia 11°51' N 34°15' E	Damazine Plantation, Blue Nile pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal	1
Monomorium mictilis B Taylor det.	Sudan J Mathews JM 394	20.x.2001 Abu Gmein 11°21' N 34°27' E	Blue Nile pyrethrum fogging of Acacia senegal	1
Monomorium mictilis B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2686.2	1.iv.2011 Calavi 06°25'17'' N 02°19'42'' E	Mangifera indica orchard IITA station	1
Monomorium mictilis B Taylor det.	Benin J-F Vayssieres RVA 2950	13.ix.2012 Korobourou 09°22'13'' N 02°40'16'' E	Mangifera indica orchard Quadrat 2, tube 2, variété: Ifac Arboreal	2
Monomorium mictilis B Taylor det.	Congo E Zassi 15-t-1	4-5.ii.2008 Lésio-Louna 03°20'12.0" S 015°28'43.6" E	Village Mah; 24h pitfall trap	1

The photomontage is of  from Egypt, Abuzabal, Qalobia; 13.vi.2003; collector Mostafa Sharaf. 

The photomontage is of a specimen from Sudan, Abu Gmein, Blue Nile; collector J Mathews (JM 174)

The photomontage is of a worker from Congo, Réserve de Lésio-Louna, Village Mah; collector Eric Zassi.