The Ants of Africa
Genus Monomorium
Monomorium rufulum Stitz

bicolor-complex

Monomorium rufulum Stitz

return to key {link to the Hymenoptera Name Server} Type location Namibia (Monomorium salomonis L. var. rufula n. var., Stitz, 1923: 156, worker) Windhoek - no images on Antweb (February 2015).
junior synonym monardi (Monomorium (Xeromyrmex) monardi n. sp., Santschi, 1937d: 226, illustrated, worker; synonymy by Bolton, 1987: 359) from Angola, Osi - see below .

{Monomorium rufulum monardi}Stitz's (1923) description is at {original description}. Arnold's (1916: 209) description, possibly based on a translation of bicolor nitidiventris is at {original description}. Santschi's (1937d) description of monardi is at {original description}. Bolton's modern description (1987) is at {original description}.

WORKER - TL 3.2-3.4 mm, (in Bolton, 1987: 359, illustrated).

{Monomorium rufulum monardi}The photomontage of the monardi type worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0913833

{Monomorium rufulum}The photomontage of a worker from South Africa is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=casent0235927.
Distinctly smaller than the monardi (above) and smaller than given by Bolton (1987), TL 3.0-3.6 mm, HL 0.76-0.88, HW 0.59-0.70.
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