• Subspecies of Monomorium rhopalocerum: Ettershank, 1966: 87.
• Status as species: Santschi, 1914e: 18; Emery, 1922c: 171; Wheeler, 1922: 862; Bolton, 1987: 375 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 259.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium altinode bondroiti: Bolton, 1987: 375; Bolton, 1995b: 259.

Junior synonyms

• Monomorium altinode bondroiti Santschi, 1920

Obsolete combinations

• Monomorium rhopalocerum altinode

Citations

• 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
• Santschi, F. 1910c ("1909"). Formicides nouveaux ou peu connus du Congo français. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 78:349-400. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1914e. Meddelanden från Göteborgs Musei Zoologiska Afdelning. 3. Fourmis du Natal et du Zoulouland récoltées par le Dr. I. Trägårdh. Göteborgs Kungliga Vetenskaps och Vitterhets Samhälles Handlingar 15:1-44.
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.