Monomorium ocellatum Arnold

Type location South Africa (Monomorium (Xeromyrmex) Salomonis L., stirps ocellatum (Arnold), Arnold in Santschi, 1920d: 377, worker; Arnold, 1926: 229, queen) .

Arnold's (in Santschi, 1920d) description is at . Arnold (1916) gave a fuller description plus that of the queen, this is at ; it was under the name australe, a mistake corrected by Arnold (1926: 229) - see Arnold (1944) raised it to a full species, this is at Bolton's modern description (1987) is at .

WORKER - TL 3.1-3.7 mm (Bolton, 1987: 352, not illustrated).

The photomontage is of a syntype worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0902198