Atta rufa Jerdon, 1851: 106 (s.w.q.) INDIA (Kerala, Karnataka). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype major and minor workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: India: “very common in Malabar, but is also found in the Carnatic... often appears in houses” (T.C. Jerdon). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist).