Discothyrea icta

Identification
Chaul (2020) reporting on differences between characters of Discothyrea bobi and D. icta, noted the following about this species: endemic to Trinidad, only known from the queen: projecting propodeal corners; petiole sternite process long; overall sm smaller (see measurements of D. bobi).

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Neotropical Region: Trinidad and Tobago.

Nomenclature

 * . Discothyrea icta Weber, 1939a: 101 (q.) TRINIDAD.
 * Type-material: 2 syntype queens.
 * Type-locality: Trinidad: Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, St Augustine, 3.viii.1935 (N.A. Weber).
 * Type-depository: MCZC (perhaps also in AMNH).
 * Status as species: Borgmeier, 1949: 206 (in key); Smith, M.R. & Wing, 1955: 107; Brown, 1958g: 253; Kempf, 1972a: 97; Bolton, 1995b: 171; Chaul, 2020: 207.
 * Distribution: Trinidad.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Borgmeier T. 1949. Formigas novas ou pouco conhecidas de Costa Rica e da Argentina (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia 9: 201-210.
 * Brown W. L., Jr. 1958. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae. II. Tribe Ectatommini (Hymenoptera). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 118: 173-362.
 * Fernández F., and T. M. Arias-Penna. 2008. Las hormigas cazadoras en la región Neotropical. Pp. 3-39 in: Jiménez, E.; Fernández, F.; Arias, T.M.; Lozano-Zambrano, F. H. (eds.) 2008. Sistemática, biogeografía y conservación de las hormigas cazadoras de Colombia. Bogotá: Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt, xiv + 609 pp.
 * Fernández, F. and S. Sendoya. 2004. Lista de las hormigas neotropicales. Biota Colombiana Volume 5, Number 1.
 * Kempf, W.W. 1972. Catalago abreviado das formigas da regiao Neotropical (Hym. Formicidae) Studia Entomologica 15(1-4).
 * Smith M. R., and M. W. Wing. 1955. Redescription of Discothyrea testacea Roger, a little-known North American ant, with notes on the genus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 62: 105-112.
 * Weber N. A. 1939. New ants of rare genera and a new genus of ponerine ants. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 32: 91-104.