Holcoponera regularis

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Holcoponera regularis
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Holcoponera striatula)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Holcoponera
Species: Holcoponera regularis
Santschi, 1929

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Holcoponera striatula.

Nomenclature

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

  • regularis. Holcoponera regularis Santschi, 1929d: 275 (w.) BRAZIL (Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro).
    • Type-material: 7 syntype workers.
    • Type-localities: 4 workers Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Passo Quatro (Zikan), 1 worker Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Petropolis (no collector’s name), 2 workers Brazil: Paraná, Cascatinha (Borgmeier).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • [Note: Baroni Urbani, 1973b: 128, records the 4 Passo Quatro specimens in NHMB; location of remainder unknown.]
    • [Also described as new by Santschi, 1929h: 457.]
    • [Junior secondary homonym of Gnamptogenys regularis Mayr, 1870b: 965.]
    • Replacement name: Holcoponera regularis var. arcuata Santschi, 1929h: 457.
    • [Note: arcuata junior synonym of regularis Santschi (synonymy by Brown, 1958g: 227, 327); hence arcuata first available replacement name.]

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