Protonym: Formica diffidens
Authorship Walker, 1859: 372
Forms w.
Bioregion Indomalaya
Locality SRI LANKA
Primary type information Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (F. Walker). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901536
Type notes Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575, identifies the holotype as a worker, not a queen.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica diffidens Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Pheidole diffidens (Walker, 1859)
Original combination
Pheidole diffidens Species Valid