Monomorium vatranum Bolton, 1987: 362, fig. 55 (w.) NAMIBIA. Afrotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Namibia: Namib Desert, Swartbank, 23°16’S, 14°50’E, 15.vii.1981, sample S8 (A.C. Marsh). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902207. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 21 paratype workers. Secondary type localities: 11 paratype workers with same data as holotype, 3 paratype workers Namib Desert, Ganab, 23°08’S, 15°37’E, 16.viii.1981, sample 98, sandy plain (A.C. Marsh), 3 paratype workers with same data as last but 5.v.1981, sample G24, 3 paratype workers with same data but 19.viii.1981, sample 187, 1 paratype worker Namib Desert, Mirabeb, 23°25’S, 15°24’E, 8.iv.1982, sample M13 (A.C. Marsh). Secondary type depositories: BMNH, MCZC, MHNG.