• [Also described as new by André, 1884e: 540 (date of publication 15.xi.1884).]
• Arnold, 1926: 226 (q.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1955c: 124 (l.)
• Combination in Monomorium (Xeromyrmex): Wheeler, 1922: 868
• Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 65; Forel, 1913a: 136; Santschi, 1914b: 72; Arnold, 1916: 206; Emery, 1922c: 176; Wheeler, 1922: 163, 868; Arnold, 1926: 226; Menozzi, 1933a: 103; Finzi, 1939a: 158; Prins, 1963: 103; Ettershank, 1966: 87; Collingwood, 1985: 269; Bolton, 1987: 334 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 258; Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 212; Borowiec, 2014: 115; Madl, 2019: 15.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium afrum asmarensis: Bolton, 1987: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 259.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium afrum fultor: Bolton, 1987: 334; Bolton, 1995b: 259.

Junior synonyms

• Monomorium afrum asmarensis Forel, 1910
• Monomorium afrum fultor Forel, 1913

Citations

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• André, Ern. 1884e. [Untitled. Monomorium afrum, n. sp.]. Pp. 540-541 in: Magretti, P. 1884. Risultati di raccolte imenotterologiche nell'Africa Orientale. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale 21:523-636.
• Arnold, G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:159-270. PDF
• Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. PDF
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• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Collingwood, C. A. 1985. Hymenoptera: Fam. Formicidae of Saudi Arabia. Fauna of Saudi Arabia 7:230-302. PDF
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• Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. 2013. The ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—faunal overview, first species checklist, bibliography, accounts for all genera, and discussion on taxonomy and zoogeography. Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2):127-222. PDF
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