Monomorium modestum Santschi
  Type location South
Africa (Santschi, 1914e: 17, worker) collector Trägårdh (or
Traegardh), i.1905
junior synonyms
smutsi (Monomomorium (Syllophopsis) modestum
var smutsi, Wheeler, 1922: 867;
unnecessary replacement name for Monomomorium (Syllophopsis)
modestum var boerorum, Santschi, 1915c: 260, illustrated,
worker
transwaalensis (Monomomorium (Syllophopsis)
modestum var smutsi, Emery, 1922: 175; also
unnecessary replacement name for Monomomorium (Syllophopsis)
modestum var boerorum) from South Africa
worker only
described (see Bolton, 1995)  .
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 Bolton's modern
description (1987) is at  .
WORKER - TL 1.7-2.0 mm, HL 0.39-0.48, HW 0.32-0.36; SL
0.29-0.34; PW 0.22-0.26; colour yellow, rounded to angular propodeum
without denticles at junction of dorsum and declivity; metanotal groove
a simple indentation (Bolton, 1987, illustrated, alitrunk and pedicel
profile).
Bolton
(1987) noted that he suspected that the three populations which he
examined might represent more than one species.
From Ivory Coast, at Adiopodoumé Forest
Biological Reserve (I. Löbl, probably March 1977), and Man (V. Mahnert
& J.-L. Perret, October 1980). Also from Kenya and South Africa
(Bolton, 1987).
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Santschi's (1914e)
description is at 
The
photomontage of a worker from Madagascar is collated from 
The photomontage of the type of boeroum is
collated from