Monomorium modestum Santschi
Type location South Africa (Santschi, 1914e: 17, worker)
collector Trägårdh (or Traegardh), i.1905; junior
synonyms smutsi (Monomomorium (Syllophopsis) modestum
var smutsi, Wheeler, 1922: 867; unnecessary replacement
name for Monomomorium (Syllophopsis) modestum var boerorum,
Santschi, 1915c: 260, illustrated, worker) and transwaalensis
(Monomomorium (Syllophopsis) modestum var smutsi,
Emery, 1922: 175; also unnecessary replacement name for Monomomorium
(Syllophopsis) modestum var boerorum) from South
Africa; worker only described (see Bolton, 1995)
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Santschi's (1914e) description is at
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Santschi's (1915c) description of boerorum is at
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Arnold (1916: 214) gave a translation of the type, this is at
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Bolton's modern description (1987) is at
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WORKER - TL 1.7-2.0 mm, HL 0.39-0.48, HW 0.32-0.36; SL
0.29-0.34; PW 0.22-0.26; colour yellow, rounded to angular
propodeum without denticles at junction of dorsum and declivity;
metanotal groove a simple indentation (Bolton, 1987, illustrated,
alitrunk and pedicel profile).
From Ivory Coast, at Adiopodoumé Forest
Biological Reserve (I. Löbl, probably March 1977), and Man
(V. Mahnert & J.-L. Perret, October 1980). Also from Kenya and
South Africa (Bolton, 1987). |
Bolton
(1987) noted that he suspected that the three populations which he
examined might represent more than one species. 
The
photomontage is collated from 
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photomontage of the type of boeroum is collated from