• [Misspelled as excelsius by Ettershank, 1966: 89.]
• Subspecies of Monomorium tchelichofi: Ettershank, 1966: 89.
• Status as species: Bolton, 1987: 344 (redescription); Bolton, 1995b: 261.
• Senior synonym of Monomorium speculiceps: Bolton, 1987: 344; Bolton, 1995b: 261.

Junior synonyms

• Monomorium speculiceps Santschi, 1928

Obsolete combinations

• Monomorium tchelichofi excelsior

Citations

• Arnold, G. 1926. A monograph of the Formicidae of South Africa. Appendix. Annals of the South African Museum 23:191-295. 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.
• 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