This species is very common and occurs in and around houses and in low second growth vegetation almost anywhere in the country where ants occur. It nests opportunistically in any small cavity, usually in the low arboreal zone, and may become a house pest. Almost all the nests I have observed have been polygynous, with up to 7 dealate queens.
Taxonomic history
Forel, 1893j PDF: 388 (q.m.); Wheeler, 1905c PDF: 88 (q.m.); Donisthorpe, 1914a PDF: 136 (gynandromorph); Crawley, 1920d PDF: 217 (gynandromorph); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1955c PDF: 121 (l.).Combination in Monomorium: Mayr, 1879 PDF: 671.Senior synonym of Monomorium poecilum: Emery, 1894d PDF: 151.Senior synonym of Monomorium specularis: Mayr, 1879 PDF: 671.Senior synonym of Monomorium cinnabari: Wheeler, 1913b PDF: 486.Senior synonym of Monomorium floreanum: Brown, 1966a PDF: 175.Senior synonym of Monomorium angusticlava: Bolton, 1987 PDF: 390.Senior synonym of Monomorium impressum: Bolton, 1987 PDF: 390.Senior synonym of Monomorium floricola furina: Heterick, 2006 PDF: 122.Senior synonym of Monomorium floricola philippinensis: Heterick, 2006 PDF: 122.See also: Solis et al., 2010 PDF: 15.
