Genus Monomorium ^HNS Mayr, 1855

Monomorium ^HNS Mayr,1855: Verh. zool. Bot. Ges. Wien.5:452.

Type-species: Monomorium minutum Mayr ^HNS, 1855: Verh. Zool. Bot. Ges. Wien.5: 453.

Distribution: Palaearctic, Ethiopian, Oriental, Australian, Polynesian, Nearctic & Neotropical regions.

Key to species

1- Antennae with terminal funiculus segment longer than the two preceeding segments together (Fig.36), unicolourous, body entirely dark black, dorsum of alitrunk without projecting hairs (Fig.37) ........................ ........................ M. carbonarium (Smith) ^HNS

- Antennae with terminal funiculus segment shorter than the two preceeding segments together (Fig. 38); bicolourous, head, alitrunk, nodes and appendages red, gaster black; dorsum of alitrunk with projecting hairs (Fig. 39)......... M. niloticum Emery ^HNS