This species was described under the genus Phacota and transferred to Monomorium by Ettershank1. In its revision, Bolton2 speculates that M.  read more »

1. 1. Ettershank G .  1966.  A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton. Australian Journal of Zoology. 14(1):73-171.
2. 2. Bolton B .  1987.  A review of the solenopsis genus-group and revision of afrotropical Monomorium Mayr. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology. 54(3):263-452.

The description of this species is based on the finding on a single specimen in Málaga (SE Spain), and citing dr.  read more »

This new species has been described by Dr. Mostafa Sharaf from Wadi Abha (Saudi Arabia). Very close to Technomyrmex setosus, the main differences are 1:  read more »

1. 1. Sharaf MR .  2009.  A new ant species of the Technomyrmex albipes-group from Saudi Arabia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fauna of Arabia. 24:211-216.

A new synonymy has been stablished between Plagiolepis obscuriscapa Santschi, 1923 and Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798)1.  read more »

1. 1. Boer P .  2008.  Plagiolepis obscuriscapa Santschi, 1923, a junior synonym of Plagiolepis pygmaea (Latreille, 1798) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae) and the use of pigmentation as discriminating character in ant taxonomy. Zool. Med. Leiden. 82(43):495-488.

Raised to species: Cagniant, 2006:197 1

1. 1. Cagniant H .  2006.  Liste actualisee des fourmis du Maroc (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).. Myrmecologische Nachrichten. 8:193-200.