Atta destructor Jerdon, 1851: 105 (w.) INDIA. Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: India: (no further data) “common in all parts of India…very destructive and troublesome to the naturalist” (T.C. Jerdon). Primary type depository: no type-material known to exist. Type notes: Sharaf et al., 2016a: 16, accidentaly refer to the lectotype of Trichomyrmex vexator as the lectotype of Trichomyrmex destructor.]