Monomorium excelsior Arnold

Type location South Africa (Monomorium tchelichofi Forel, var. excelsior, n.v., Arnold, 1926: 227, worker & male) Hex River Mts, 5500-7000 feet, R W E Tucker - see below
junior synonym speculiceps (Monomorium (Xeromyrmex) speculiceps n. sp., Santschi, 1928f: 191, illustrated, worker) from South Africa, Cape Province, Lockee-Bayne - see http://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?code=casent0913580
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Arnold's (1926) description is . Santschi's (1928f) description of speculiceps is at . Bolton's modern description (1987) is at .

WORKER - TL 3.3-3.5 mm (Bolton, 1987: 344, not illustrated).

The photomontage is of a syntype worker collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0902196