• Lectotype designation: Heterick, 2006: 116.
• Heterick, 2006: 118 (q.m.); Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 258 (q.)
• Combination in Monomorium (Martia): Forel, 1913i: 351.
• Combination in †Monomorium (Lampromyrmex): Wheeler, 1922: 876.
• Status as species: Forel, 1913i: 351; Arnold, 1916: 238; Emery, 1922c: 184; Wheeler, 1922: 876; Finzi, 1939a: 165; Bernard, 1950c: 290; Ettershank, 1966: 89; Bolton, 1987: 388 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 261; Gómez & Espadaler, 2006: 227; Heterick, 2006: 115 (redescription); El-Hawagry et al., 2013: 73 (in key); Hita Garcia et al., 2013: 212; Sharaf et al., 2015: 52; Lebas et al., 2016: 302; Sharaf et al., 2017: 27; Sharaf et al., 2018: 12 (redescription); Sharaf et al., 2018: 25; Sharaf et al., 2022: 61; Sharaf et al., 2024: 1749; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 257 (redescription).
• Senior synonym of Monomorium baushare: Sharaf et al., 2017: 27; Sharaf et al., 2018: 12; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 257.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium exiguum bulawayensis: Bolton, 1987: 388; Bolton, 1995b: 261; Heterick, 2006: 115; Sharaf et al., 2018: 12; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 257.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium desertorum: Sharaf et al., 2015: 52; Sharaf et al., 2018: 12; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 257.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium dryhimi: Sharaf et al., 2018: 12; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 257.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium faurei: Bolton, 1987: 388; Bolton, 1995b: 261; Heterick, 2006: 116; Sharaf et al., 2018: 12; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 257.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium exiguum flavescens: Bolton, 1987: 388; Bolton, 1995b: 261; Heterick, 2006: 116; Sharaf et al., 2018: 12; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 257.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium minutissimum: Heterick, 2006: 116; Sharaf et al., 2018: 12; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 257.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium montanum: Sharaf et al., 2018: 12; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 257.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium qarahe: Sharaf et al., 2017: 27; Sharaf et al., 2018: 12; Borowiec & Salata, 2025a: 257.

Junior synonyms

• Monomorium baushare Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium desertorum Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium dryhimi Aldawood & Sharaf, 2011
• Monomorium exiguum bulawayensis Forel, 1913
• Monomorium exiguum flavescens Forel, 1916
• Monomorium faurei Santschi, 1915
• Monomorium minutissimum Santschi, 1937
• Monomorium montanum Collingwood & Agosti, 1996
• Monomorium qarahe Collingwood & Agosti, 1996

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