Ectatomma simplex spurium

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Ectatomma simplex spurium
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Holcoponera strigata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Holcoponera
Species: Ectatomma simplex spurium
Forel, 1908

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Holcoponera strigata.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • spurium. Ectatomma (Holcoponera) simplex subsp. spurium Forel, 1908b: 39 (w.) GUATEMALA. Combination in Holcoponera: Emery, 1911d: 40. Junior synonym of simplex: Brown, 1956b: 490.

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