Monacis valida Kempf, 1959c: 244, pl. 1, fig. 5; pl. 2, fig. 9; pl. 3, fig. 7; pl. 5, fig. 4 (w.q.) COSTA RICA. Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Costa Rica: Limón, Zent, 20.i.1957 (F. Lara). Primary type depository: MZSP. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 40 paratype workers, 4 paratype queens. Secondary type localities: 3 paratype workers, 1 paratype queen with same data as holotype, 31 paratype workers, 3 paratype queens Panama: Canal Zone, Rio Chinillo, 6.iv.1923, no. 304 (W.M. Wheeler), 2 paratype workers Panama: Barro Colorado I., 30.vii.1924, no. 791 (W.M. Wheeler), 4 paratype workers Panama: Rio Agua Salud, 6.xi.1923, no. 124 (W.M. Wheeler). Secondary type depositories: LACM, MCZC, MZSP, USNM.