Dilobocondyla didita (Walker, 1859) valid
Atta didita Walker, 1859: 375 (s.w.) SRI LANKA. Indomalaya.
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.
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