Holcoponera simplex foreli

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Holcoponera simplex foreli
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Holcoponera strigata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Holcoponera
Species: Holcoponera simplex foreli
Santschi, 1929

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.

  • foreli. Holcoponera simplex st. foreli Santschi, 1929h: 460, fig. 34 (w.m.) COSTA RICA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype male.
    • Type-locality: Costa Rica: La Palma, 1600 m. (P. Biolley).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Junior synonym of simplex: Brown, 1956b: 490; Brown, 1958g: 300.
    • Junior synonym of strigata: Kempf & Brown, 1968: 90; Kempf, 1972a: 115; Bolton, 1995b: 211; Lattke, 1995: 187.

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