Monomorium australe Emery
Type location South
Africa (Monomorium subopacum Sm. race australe n.
stirps, Emery, 1886: 363, worker & queen) - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0904584
also laeviceps
(Monomorium subopacum Sm. race australe Emery laeviceps n. var., Emery, 1886:
364, worker) from South Africa - see below
worker and queen only
described (see Bolton, 1995) .
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Emery's (1886) description is at . Arnold (1916: 225) gave a description
based on a specimen determined by Forel - this is at . Later he found that appeared to be
incorrect so Arnold (1926) gave a translation of a description by
Santschi - this is at . However Bolton (1987:
368) pointed out that the latter was actually a good description of havilandi.
Emery's description was of a small species, TL 2.0-2.5, and Bolton
(1987: 337) gives a correct description; this is at .
WORKER - TL 2.4 mm (Bolton, 1987: 337, not illustrated).
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