Atta rufa Jerdon, 1851: 106 (w.q.) INDIA (Kerala, Karnataka). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: India: “very common in Malabar, but is also found in the Carnatic”…..”often appears in houses” (T.C. Jerdon). Primary type depository: unknown (no type-material known to exist).