Monomorium guineense (Bernard)

Type location Guinea (Epixenus guineensis, Bernard, 1952: 238, illustrated, worker) collected on Mt. Nimba, 2 workers from Mont Tô, Ravine I of the forest, by Lamotte; worker only described (see Bolton, 1995) .

Bolton's modern description (1987) is at .

WORKER - TL 2.3 mm, HL 0.56, HW 0.48 (Bolton measurements; Bernard, 1952, has TL 1.8-1.9 mm)
Like invidium but with smaller eyes, flat, at midpoint of sides; generally unsculptured. Colour uniform dark brown, appendages yellow, femora and scapes brownish; fine yellow hairs dense overall. Clypeus straight but sinuous with a median triangular area, flat and shiny, with two short teeth. In profile propodeal dorsum distinct, promesonoum convex, narrow posteriorly, meeting the declivity in a pair of prominent obtuse angles. Petiole and postpetiole both scale-like. Gaster relatively small and convex (after Bernard, 1952, with illustration adapted here; and Bolton, 1987: 426, illustrated; pedicel views).

Since found in Ghana, 55 workers, in primary forest leaf litter at Jachie and Bobiri Forest Reserve, by Belshaw & Bolton (1994b).

The photomontage of the type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0915420

Oxford University Museum specimens

Monomorium guineense B Taylor det.	Cameroun A Fotso Kuate Monomorium guineense	17.v.2007 Matomb 03°54'30" N 11°25'58" E	Pitfall in forest brown colour	1
Monomorium guineense B Taylor det.	Cameroun A Fotso Kuate Sample 56	28.vii.2010 Nko’ondo 03°54'30" N 11°25'58" E	Aphid survey near black	1

The photomontage is of a specimen from Cameroun; Matomb; collector A Fotso Kuate (fk monomorium guineense)

The photomontage is of a specimen from Cameroun; Nko'ondo; collector A Fotso Kuate (fk unmounted 56)