Monomorium leimbachi
Forel, 1914
junior synonym of current valid taxon Monomorium rhopalocerum Emery, 1895
Monomorium leimbachi
Forel, 1914d:
246 (w.)
SOUTH AFRICA.
Afrotropic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: South Africa: Cape Town, 1913, no. 336 (G. Arnold). Primary type depository: MHNG (possibly also in SAMC). Primary type specimen: CASENT0908700.
Type notes:
In the original description, Forel, 1914d records that specimens are from “coll. du Musée sudafricain”.
- Status as species: Arnold, 1916: 233; Emery, 1922c: 172; Wheeler, 1922: 863; Ettershank, 1966: 90.
- Junior synonym of Monomorium rhopalocerum: Bolton, 1987: 407; Bolton, 1995b: 263.
Citations
- 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
- Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 54:263-452. PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B:95-206. PDF
- Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Australian Journal of Zoology 14:73-171. PDF
- Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bulletin de la Société Vaudoise des Sciences Naturelles 50:211-288. PDF
- Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
- All genera
- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae
- All taxa
- Subgenera
- Without subgenus
- abeillei
- acutinode
- advena
- aeyade
- affabile
- afrum
- aithoderum
- alamarum
- albopilosum
- algiricum
- altinode
- anceps
- anderseni
- andrei
- angustinode
- annamense
- antipodum
- arboreum
- arenarium
- areniphilum
- arnoldi
- asiriense
- atomum
- australe
- balathir
- banksi
- barbatulum
- bequaerti
- bevisi
- bicolor
- bidentata
- bidentatum
- bifidoclypeatum
- bimaculatum
- biroi
- boerorum
- bogischi
- boltoni
- borlei
- brasiliense
- braunsi
- broschorum
- buettikeri
- butteli
- buxtoni
- capeyork
- captator
- carbo
- carbonarium
- carinatum
- castaneum
- cekalovici
- chilense
- chinense
- chnodes
- clavicorne
- compressum
- concolor
- crawleyi
- creticum
- cyaneum
- dakarense
- damarense
- dammame
- delabiei
- delagoense
- demisum
- denticulatum
- denticulum
- dictator
- dirie
- disertum
- disetigerum
- disoriente
- dolatu
- drapenum
- draxocum
- ebangaense
- ebeninum
- effractor
- egens
- elghazalyi
- ellenarium
- elongatum
- emarginatum
- eremoides
- eremophilum
- eremum
- ergatogyna
- esharre
- excelsior
- excensurae
- exiguum
- fasciatum
- fastidium
- fayfaense
- fieldi
- firmum
- flavimembra
- flavum
- floricola
- fridae
- fugelanum
- gabrielense
- gallagheri
- geminum
- grassei
- guillarmodi
- guineense
- hainanense
- hanaqe
- hanneli
- hannonis
- harithe
- havilandi
- heggyi
- hercules
- herero
- hertogi
- hesperium
- hirsutum
- hiten
- hoffmanni
- holothir
- hospitum
- humilior
- ilgii
- impexum
- indicum
- inquietum
- inquilinum
- intrudens
- invidium
- iyenasu
- jacksoni
- jizane
- judaicum
- junodi
- katir
- kelapre
- khalidi
- kidman
- kineti
- kitectum
- knappi
- kugitangi
- †kugleri
- kusnezowi
- laeve
- latastei
- leda
- lene
- lepidum
- libanicum
- liliuokalanii
- lindbergi
- longi
- lubricum
- luisae
- luteum
- macrops
- madecassum
- mahyoubi
- majarishe
- malatu
- manir
- mantazenum
- marjoriae
- marshi
- maryannae
- mavide
- †mayrianum
- medinae
- mediocre
- megalops
- merepah
- micrommaton
- micropacum
- mictilis
- micula
- minimum
- minor
- mirandum
- mitchell
- moathi
- mohammedi
- monomorium
- musicum
- nanum
- nigricans
- niloticoides
- niloticum
- nimihil
- nirvanum
- nitidiventre
- notulum
- noualhieri
- noxitum
- nuptialis
- occidentale
- ocellatum
- oodnadatta
- opacior
- opacum
- ophthalmicum
- orangiae
- orientale
- osiridis
- pacis
- pallidipes
- pallidum
- parvinode
- paternum
- pergandei
- personatum
- pharaonis
- pilbara
- †pilipes
- platynode
- pulchrum
- punctipectore
- rabirium
- rastractum
- rhopalocerum
- rimae
- riyadhe
- rosae
- rothsteini
- rotundatum
- rufulum
- rugifrons
- ruzskyi
- sagei
- sahlbergi
- sakalavum
- salomonis
- santschii
- sarawatense
- schultzei
- schurri
- senegalense
- setuliferum
- shilohense
- sichelii
- silaceum
- silvestrii
- sommieri
- sordidum
- spatulicorne
- spectrum
- speculum
- speluncarum
- springvalense
- sryetum
- stagnum
- stictonotum
- strangulatum
- subapterum
- subcomae
- subdentatum
- subdenticorne
- subopacum
- suleyile
- sutu
- sydneyense
- symmotu
- syriacum
- tablense
- taedium
- talbotae
- tanysum
- taprobanae
- tchelichofi
- tenebrosum
- termitarium
- termitobium
- topend
- torrens
- torvicte
- trageri
- trake
- triviale
- tumaire
- tynsorum
- vaguum
- vatranum
- vecte
- venustum
- versicolor
- viator
- viridum
- vonatu
- westi
- willowmorense
- wilsoni
- wroughtoni
- xanthognathum
- xuthosoma
- zhinu
- zulu