Atta didita Walker, 1859 an obsolete combination of Dilobocondyla didita (Walker, 1859)
Atta didita Walker, 1859: 375 (w.) SRI LANKA. Indomalaya.
Primary type information: Type-material: 2 syntype workers. Type-locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (F. Walker). Type-depository: BMNH. Type notes: The two specimens that Walker 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.
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