• Combination in Monomorium (Xeromyrmex): Wheeler, 1922: 872
• As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1916: 417 (in text); Emery, 1922c: 178; Wheeler, 1922: 872.
• Subspecies of Monomorium salomonis: Arnold, 1916: 221; Ettershank, 1966: 88.
• Subspecies of Monomorium termitarium: Santschi, 1928f: 194; Santschi, 1936a: 39.
• Status as species: Bolton, 1987: 342 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 261.
• Material of the unavailable name Monomorium termitarium disertum petulans referred here by Bolton, 1987: 342.

Obsolete combinations

• Monomorium salomonis disertum
• Monomorium termitarium disertum

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1916. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Part II. Ponerinae, Dorylinae. Annals of the South African Museum 14:159-270. PDF
• 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
• Forel, A. 1913k. Ameisen aus Rhodesia, Kapland usw. (Hym.) gesammelt von Herrn G. Arnold, Dr. H. Brauns und Anderen. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift 1913(Suppl.):203-225. PDF
• Forel, A. 1916. Fourmis du Congo et d'autres provenances récoltées par MM. Hermann Kohl, Luja, Mayné, etc. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 24:397-460. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1928f. Descriptions de nouvelles fourmis éthiopiennes (suite). Revue de Zoologie et de Botanique Africaines 16:191-213. PDF
• Santschi, F. 1936a. Étude sur les fourmis du genre Monomorium Mayr. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Naturelles du Maroc 16:32-64. PDF
• Wheeler, W. M. 1922. Ants of the American Museum Congo expedition. New York: Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1139.