Protonym: Atta didita
| Authorship | Walker, 1859: 375 |
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| Forms | w. |
| Bioregion | Indomalaya |
| Locality | SRI LANKA |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: 1 syntype major worker, 1 syntype minor worker. Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (F. Walker). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimens: CASENT0901501, CASENT0902012 |
| Type notes | The two specimens that Walker, 1859 describes as major and minor workers belong in different genera. The ‘minor worker’ is a Pheidole species (a specimen of Pheidole sharpi according to Donisthorpe, 1932b: 576); the ‘major worker’ belongs in Dilobocondyla. This taxonomic conundrum may be best resolved by regarding the ‘major worker’ as the lectotype, and excluding the ‘minor worker’ from further consideration. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Atta didita | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Dilobocondyla didita (Walker, 1859)
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Original combination |
| Dilobocondyla didita | Species | Valid |