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Atta silvai Gonçalves, 1983 junior synonym of current valid taxon Atta laevigata (Smith, 1858)

Atta (Neoatta) silvai Gonçalves, 1983b: 174, figs. 1, 2 (w.q.m.) BRAZIL (Bahia). Neotropic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Delabie, 1998: 340). Primary type locality: lectotype Brazil: Bahia, 10 km. S Maraú, 28.xi.1969 (C.R. Gonçalves). Primary type depository: FRRJ. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens, paralectotype males (numbers not stated). Secondary type localities: Brazil: Bahia, 10 km. S Maraú, 1969 (P. Silva), Bahia. 10 km. S. Maraú, Fazenda Sempre Viva (A.G. Rocha), Bahia, 10 km. S Maraú, 3.iv.1969, 28.xi.1969, and 15.viii.1971 (C.R. Gonçalves). Secondary type depositories: DSVB, FRRJ, MNRJ, MZSP.

Lectotype designation: Delabie, 1998: 340.
Status as species: Brandão, 1991: 328; Bolton, 1995b: 77.
Junior synonym of Atta laevigata: Delabie, 1998: 339; Fernández et al., 2015: 153.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Brandão, C. R. F. 1991. Adendos ao catálogo abreviado das formigas da região Neotropical (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 35:319-412. PDF
Delabie, J. H. C. 1998. Atta silvai Gonçalves, sinônimo júnior de Atta laevigata (Fred Smith) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Attini). Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 41:339-341.
Fernández, F.; Castro-Huertas, V.; Serna, F. 2015. Hormigas cortadoras de hojas de Colombia: Acromyrmex & Atta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fauna de Colombia, Monografía No.5. Bogotá D.C., Colombia: Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 350 pp. PDF
Gonçalves, C. R. 1983b ("1982"). Atta silvai, nova espécie de formiga saúva (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Arquivos da Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro 5:173-178. PDF

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