Monomorium rhopalocerum Emery

Type location South Africa (Monomorium rhopalocerum n. sp., Emery, 1895h: 25, illustrated, worker) Cape Town - see below
junior synonyms (Bolton, 1987)
hottentota (Monomorium minutum Mayr ssp hottentota n. subsp., Emery, 1895h: 26, queen) - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0904591
leimbachi (Minomorium Leimbachi n. sp., Forel, 1914d: 246, worker) Cape Town - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0908700 .

Emery's (1895h) description is at . Emery's (1895h) description of hottentota is at . Forel's (1914d) description of leimbachi is at . Arnold (1916: 215) gave a translation of both, this is at . Arnold (1916: 233) gave a translation of leimbachi, this is at . Bolton's modern description (1987) is at .

WORKER - TL 2.0-2.2 mm (in Bolton, 1987: 407, illustrated).

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0904594