Protonym: Atta (Neoatta) silvai
Authorship Gonçalves, 1983b: 174, figs. 1, 2
Forms w.q.m.
Bioregion Neotropic
Locality BRAZIL (Bahia)
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.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Atta silvai Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Atta laevigata (Smith, 1858)
Original combination